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RICHARD MICHAEL TAN
San Juan City, Metro Manila, Philippines
04/03/2020
08:45 pm

Equipment Details:

Samsung Note 8
Aperture: F1.7
Focal Length: 4.30mm
Shutter: 1/4s
ISO: 1250
AWB: Auto
Pentax 10 x 50 binocular
(Thick rubber bands)
Sturdy Tripod
Wireless Bluetooth Remote Shutter

Post-processing Details:

I used the Android App Snapseed with slight lightening of the background.

Image Details:

Title: The Three Kings

The Months of April and the first half of May are the best times of the year to photograph the night sky in my country.

This photo of Orion' Belt was taken at my balcony area facing SW on a windless, humid Summer's evening.

This asterism also popularly known as The three Kings comprises the belt of the hunter and are aptly named Alnitak, Alnilan and Mintaka.

The reddish-dark brown color in the background are gaseous clouds which surrounds the star system.