Glimpsing Orion's Setting in the Western Sky

neilparker62 · May 13, 2023

Orion setting in the west.

Night photo of a starry sky with a fan palm on the left and a tiled roof of a house at the lower right, with trees along the horizon.

neilparker62 · May 13, 2023

Scorpio rising in the east.

Night sky photo with faint scattered stars, dark leaves of a tree in the upper right corner, and a utility pole and power line near the bottom edge.

neilparker62 · May 13, 2023

Matching view of Orion from Stellarium:

Stellarium star chart of the Orion region showing labelled stars Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka, Rigel, Betelgeuse, Bellatrix, Saiph and Cursa, with the nebulae NGC 1980 and NGC 1981 marked near the upper left.

neilparker62 · May 13, 2023

Matching view of Scorpio from Stellarium. I have outlined the constellation as it appears in my pic above.

Star chart of the constellation Scorpius from Stellarium, with yellow lines outlining the figure and labelled stars including Antares, Acrab, Dschubba, Epsilon Scorpii, Sargas, Lesath, Shaula and Sabik.

neilparker62 · May 14, 2023

Canis Major: Sirius at lower right almost obscured by the palm.

Night photo of a cloudy sky dotted with stars, with a dark shrub and palm fronds along the bottom and a bright star just above the palm at lower right.

neilparker62 · May 14, 2023

Stellarium View of the same:

Stellarium planetarium screenshot of the night sky on 2023-05-14 at 20:37:45, with labeled stars Aludra, Adhara, Wezen, Sirius and markers C 64 and o2.

neilparker62 · Jun 2, 2023

Southern Cross and Pointers

Night sky photo showing a sparse field of scattered stars against a dark blue background, with a few brighter stars visible in the upper left and right.

neilparker62 · Jun 6, 2023

Scorpio setting. 6th June 2023 4:09am

Canon EOS 600D 18 mm f/11 15 sec
ISO 3200

Night photo of a star-filled sky with a palm tree and shrubs silhouetted in the lower right corner.

neilparker62 · Jun 6, 2023

Sagittarius and Corona Australis. Scorpio's tail at lower left. 20th May 2023 5:22 am.

Somewhere in there lurks Sagittarius A - the monster black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. Obviously the pic will show no signs of that!

Canon EOS 600D 30 mm f/11 10 sec
ISO 3200

Dark night sky photo with scattered stars and a faint diffuse glow of the Milky Way across the lower centre, with a faint cluster visible near the bottom.

Glimpsing Orion's Setting in the Western Sky

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