Astro-photographer Sean Parker's exhibition "The Lights Above" opens in Scranton, Pennsylvania on September 24, as listed by the regional outlet DiscoverNEPA.

The show gives northeastern Pennsylvania audiences a close look at a genre that usually lives on screens rather than gallery walls. Parker has built his reputation photographing the night sky — the Milky Way, star fields and celestial events rendered in long-exposure color that the naked eye cannot register.

What is on view?

According to DiscoverNEPA's listing, the exhibition gathers Parker's astro-photography under the title "The Lights Above," mounted in Scranton. The September 24 date marks the public opening of a run devoted entirely to images made after dark.

Astro-photography of this kind depends on patient craft: long exposures, careful timing against moonlight and weather, and travel to places where light pollution has not erased the stars. The results sit between documentary astronomy and landscape tradition — pictures in which the sky, rather than the terrain beneath it, carries the composition.

Why Scranton?

The venue choice matters. Regional cities such as Scranton rarely host dedicated astro-photography exhibitions, and DiscoverNEPA's promotion of the show signals local institutional support for a genre more often associated with the American West's dark-sky reserves.

For viewers in northeastern Pennsylvania, the exhibition offers a reminder that the night sky is itself a subject of photographic art — one increasingly threatened by encroaching artificial light, and documented by photographers precisely because it is vanishing.

The listing suggests a single opening date of September 24; visitors should check locally for venue details and running times. Whether "The Lights Above" travels beyond Scranton after its run will indicate whether regional institutions can sustain momentum for sky-focused photography in the seasons ahead.