Visited BBNP this past weekend for some stargazing and captured this beautiful shot of our favorite canyon.
Yes. I was hoping but this was the view from Terlingua Abajo at like 930 at night:
We had to turn the tent around because the moon was so bright we couldn’t sleep.
Planned the trip to go when the moonlight would be lowest - it was in the southern hemisphere until about 6:30 AM. It was also a weekend during the Eta Aquariid meteor shower.
The next best weekend to go might be August 11th, when the core of the galaxy will be visible without the impact of moonlight from 12:00 AM to around 3:00 AM. The Persied Meteor shower will also be in the northern sky at about 20-30 meteors per hour.
However, it'll be damn hot in the middle of August, so take caution.