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Kannan A
Singapore
08/16/2021
09:10 pm

Equipment Details:

Nikon Coolpix P900

Post-processing Details:

Transferred the image to the Huawei P30 Pro Smartphone so as to create the labels and joining the stars within the constellation.

Image Details:

The waxing gibbous moon at 61 % illumination seen here at the head of the Scorpius constellation. It is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Southern celestial hemisphere It is also one of the 48 constellations identified by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the second century. Lying between Libra to the west and Sagittarius to the east, it is a large constellation located in the southern hemisphere near the center of the Milky Way. I was thrilled to see the moon together with the Scorpius which we dont get to see it everyday. I did not include Sagittarius in this picture as I wanted to focus on the Scorpion to get a close up shot of the shape.