Seeing stars by jcv2

Photography • Space • posted on Mar 21, 2005

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Even after sunset there's still a lot to enjoy! Around 9.15 pm I decide to make a stroll. The sky is clear and the stars seem to shine brighter than ever. The absence of city-lights allows me to observe the stunning details of the dazzling night sky. Orion is a well-known constellation and I've added the names of some stars of this constellation together with Aldebaran, Sirius and the planet Saturn.

Aldebaran is a red giant star, with a diameter about 40 times that of the sun, at a distance of 60 light-years.
Betelgeuse is also a red giant star, with a diameter 630 times that of the Sun, at a distance of 425 light-years.
Rigel is a blue giant star, with a diameter 65 times that of the Sun, at a distance of 775 light-years and it shines with the light of 40,000 Suns.
Sirius is the brightest star in the sky after the Sun, at a distance of 8.6 light-years.
Saturn is a planet at a distance of 1.3 billion km ( = 0.00014 light-years), and like all planets it moves through the sky.

Minolta X-700 (Fuji Sensia 100, 35 mm) Thanks for your attention and your always valuable comments

Comments (22)

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Zacko

4:28AM | Mon, 21 March 2005

Cool!!! And oh so informative!!! Thank you!!!

black-dragon1986

5:27AM | Mon, 21 March 2005

Now I know where the "Hitchickers Guide to the Galaxy" speaks from lol

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tallpindo

5:49AM | Mon, 21 March 2005

Orion used to be up above my spa in the winter. I could look up and have something unearthly. I remembered that he had seven league boots.

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marybelgium

5:51AM | Mon, 21 March 2005

Original and instructive ! TY

davidhayter

5:57AM | Mon, 21 March 2005

I guess u live in the northern hemisphere. I see orion setting at about 10 pm here in the south hemisphere...at the same time Scorpion is rising.

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tlaloc321

6:06AM | Mon, 21 March 2005

I love it; this is the second astronomically significant post I have seen today. Thank you.

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rangeriderrichard

6:07AM | Mon, 21 March 2005

Astronomy 101! Takes me back a good many years to a dreaded test where I had to identify objects in the night sky.

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diomedes66

6:45AM | Mon, 21 March 2005

Remarkable composition, and Orion's belt right in the center of it all - well done indeed!

amorales

7:14AM | Mon, 21 March 2005

Thanks! I always enjoy your informative postings.

JenniferSun

11:57AM | Mon, 21 March 2005

I love astronomy, a very fascination part of science. Very interesting, how were you able to make a photograph of stars? It doesn't seem to work with my cam...

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TwoPynts

1:18PM | Mon, 21 March 2005

GREAT! A fellow sky watcher I see. This is very cool, it is much like one of my favorite programs, Starry Night. Well presented and the info is most welcome! How did you shoot this?

vlaaitje

1:27PM | Mon, 21 March 2005

this is really cool!!!!!

cynlee

1:42PM | Mon, 21 March 2005

awesome astronomy! i look at the stars every night, when it's clear, from my balcony :]

americanphotos

1:50PM | Mon, 21 March 2005

I am jealous.. living in the city now has taken many things away from me, such as being able to apperciate the night sky... Wonderful presnetation, clarity, and information!! Love the stars... one day perhaps we will be able to explore the rest of the galaxy.

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Richardphotos

6:37PM | Mon, 21 March 2005

excellent capture. you must have used a tripod

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sharky_

9:13PM | Mon, 21 March 2005

Very Well Done. Excellent capture. Aloha

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lajasmine

12:00AM | Tue, 22 March 2005

Ltu m'impressionnes davantage oooooo Les oiles ..il manquait plus que !;) Faudrait m'en drocher une oile non ??:) Pas d'objets non identifi en vue?? Ovni.. J'aime bien taquiner mais je prends ton sujet au sieux t'en fais pas !:) Merci pour cette information Jan-Carel...je vais rer aux oiles car c'est l'heure pour moi l! Merveilleux ..ciaoooo

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LadyLisa

12:29AM | Tue, 22 March 2005

Excellent pov.....Nice work...:)

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Punaguy

1:18AM | Tue, 22 March 2005

Very nicely done...night shots are difficult in the first place, but to be able to identify them in an image is amazing...Stunning work! Aloha!

tvernuccio

10:43AM | Wed, 23 March 2005

hey, this is awesome, Jan-Carel!!!!!! how did you manage to get such a close up???? and it's so clear and bright!!! wish i could do that!!! excellence!!!!!!

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chantal-france

2:00PM | Thu, 24 March 2005

I am found of astronomy : not very skilled in this area, but loving to hear of stars and deep sky ... thanks for this gorgeous shot of one of the most beautiful part of the sky :))

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sossy

3:07PM | Thu, 24 March 2005

a heavenly capture of wonderful and far stars! very interesting and impressive! thanks for the lesson! ;o) ahhh, und das war DIE stressige aber wundervolle nacht?!