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Saturday, January 13, 2007
Saturday Starblogging
Orion rising over the house.
A very starry, clear, cold night. Now all we need is the promised snow to actually materialize tomorrow...
ntodd
January 13, 2007 in Mars, Bitches! | Permalink
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Oooh, pretty.
What's the name of the three stars just to the southeast of Orion?
Posted by: watertiger | Jan 13, 2007 8:39:31 PM
Orion has always been my favorite constellation.
Posted by: Soprano | Jan 13, 2007 8:42:26 PM
Same here Soprano! I have a pic of it through a skylight when I stayed at a friend's house in London.
Great pic NTodd!!!
Posted by: Elspeth R | Jan 13, 2007 9:22:48 PM
Sometimes I wish I could see more stars in the night sky from Los Angeles. I have friends who have to drive out to the desert to be able to use their telescopes.
Posted by: Sandy-LA 90034 | Jan 13, 2007 10:21:54 PM
Is there some significance to the alignment? I do not know but it is very beautiful.
Posted by: whig | Jan 13, 2007 10:44:04 PM
NTodd, very nice pic, what settings did you use to take that?
Posted by: The Old Man From Scene 24 | Jan 14, 2007 12:59:21 AM
a very odd composition.
most effective. nice pic.
Posted by: charley | Jan 14, 2007 2:18:14 AM
tigre - I think those stars are officially part of Orion as well. I call them Orion's Swinging Cock.
Soprano - mine, too. I used to chat with him on my way back to the dorm after Chem Lab my frosh year. Uh...he didn't talk back.
Old man - ISO400, 34mm focal length, f4, 13s shutter.
charley - thanks! Yeah, it was odd, which is why I shot it. Saw the scene coming back with Mex from the meadow, and I was struck by the roof line and star lines. I wanted to capture something other than just the usual "hey, here's Orion."
Posted by: NTodd | Jan 14, 2007 10:58:21 AM
This seems like a good spot to tell you I really enjoyed the Carl Sagan tribute podcast. I just got around to listening to it a couple days ago.
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