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Prateek Pandey
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
04/18/2021
01:00 am

Equipment Details:

Nikon D5600

Post-processing Details:

Basic Adjustments in Lightroom

Image Details:

Constellation Centaurus & Lupus in the Southern sky.
Centaurus is the 9th largest constellation, visible in the far southern sky, having the 3rd brightest star in the sky & the brightest in the constellation - Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha centauri), which is a is part of a triple star system and sun's closest neighbor, about 4.3 light-years away from Earth. The Second bright star in the constellation Centaurus and the 11th brightest star in the night sky is - Hadar (Beta Centauri), Which is also a triple star system, about 360 light-years away.

Lupus constellation, Its name is Latin for wolf, lies between Scorpius & Centaurus constellation.

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