Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Linnutee - Milky Way (9) copy.jpg

File:Linnutee - Milky Way (9) copy.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Astronomy
•  Info created and uploaded by Kristian Pikner - nominated by Kristian Pikner] (talk) 12:28, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Kristian Pikner (talk) 12:28, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Kruusamägi (talk) 12:28, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment - I'm really bothered by the long star trails. Unless they're actually meteors, can they please be removed? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:22, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

I'm quit sure they are airplanes (especially as one of the air traffic corridors crosses that part of Western Estonia) and in my oppinion they add to the image and should not be removed. Kruusamägi (talk) 19:15, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

I didn't think of that possibility. I'll have another look at the photo now that I know this. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:25, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

• With the trails thus explained, I  Support the photo. I'm OK with the haze, too - the composition works for me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:27, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:05, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- PumpkinSky talk 04:09, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Oppose I do like astrophoto shots, but this one falls a bit short composition-wise and is also a bit dark. I'm a bit annoyed that the galactic center (the brightest part) lies behind the haze (or whatever kind of pollution) because it's so close to the horizon. But I guess this is about as much one can get in Estonia in August. - Benh (talk) 11:18, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Question Although the haze detracts a bit, I like that we can see the green tinge of an aurora. Can someone explain what the two bright spots are on the horizon? I think that they could be the sun and the moon, although when I look at them I am uncertain. Thanks, --Pine^✉ 04:47, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Considering the location and the direction of the view the one in the right might be Kuressaare (biggest town in Saaremaa island; the nearbly small glows might be from villages in the southern coast of Saaremaa). This light in the left might be from a ferry. The glow above that might be from Ruhnu island. Kruusamägi (talk) 14:23, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

•  Support I like the colors of the sky, from light blue to green, to orange, and to pink. --Yann (talk) 12:39, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Love this. Estonia must be wonderful at night. Is the green color to the right the remainder of an aurora? Should the trails still be an issue, please leave them in; they contribute to the mysterious scenery just like the two light sources at the horizon. --AWeith (talk) 14:40, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Amazing image and illustrates astrophotographer's skill in dealing with light pollution and yet creating a sharp, brilliant image. Montanabw (talk) 22:27, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 00:02, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Schnobby (talk) 07:17, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Ximonic (talk) 22:26, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 16:12, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 12 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--cart-Talk 14:00, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Astronomy