by Ann » Fri Dec 15, 2017 5:30 am
So this is a composite image. That's very good to know! Now we don't have to discuss if the picture is "real".
Personally I just love the portrait of the winter Milky Way and the "Winter Pentagon", or what is it called? Perhaps it is called the "Winter G"? Anyway, all the bright and important stars are here, beautifully colored too: Sirius, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Capella, Castor and Pollux. I guess we're missing Mirfak, but you can't have everything. And then there is of course the rest of Orion, the Hyades and the Pleiades, and I guess that's the Beehive Cluster, M44, at far left, being streaked by a meteor. The beautifully pink aptly named Rosette Nebula is located above Sirius and to the left of Betelgeuse, and the California Nebula is seen at about 1 o'clock.
Lovely picture!
Ann
So this is a composite image. That's very good to know! Now we don't have to discuss if the picture is "real".
Personally I just love the portrait of the winter Milky Way and the "Winter Pentagon", or what is it called? Perhaps it is called the "Winter G"? Anyway, all the bright and important stars are here, beautifully colored too: Sirius, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Capella, Castor and Pollux. I guess we're missing Mirfak, but you can't have everything. And then there is of course the rest of Orion, the Hyades and the Pleiades, and I guess that's the Beehive Cluster, M44, at far left, being streaked by a meteor. The beautifully pink aptly named Rosette Nebula is located above Sirius and to the left of Betelgeuse, and the California Nebula is seen at about 1 o'clock.
Lovely picture!
Ann