Thursday, March 15, 2012

Night Sky

30 second exposure looking southwest at 9 o,clock pm local time.Jupiter is at lower right with Venus just above. The Pleiades above and left. Orion is at left-center and , Sirius in the constellation Canis Major on the far left.Along with Procyon and Betelgeuse forming the "Winter Triangle".
   It's amazing how many stars are visible to the camera in long exposure that are not visible to the naked eye.
   http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance?loggedIn=y&c=y

2 comments:

JeSonge said...

Very Cool!!! I don't know that I can make out all those constellations, but it is a great pic!

lemonade said...

Yeah, agreed, very cool pic. and knowledge- you will be on my next sailing voyage manning the sextant. Its foggy as hell here, but the NCAA stars are shooting the lights out in the Tourney!