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james starr
Pine Road New Paltz, New Paltz New York
02/18/2023
09:11 pm

Equipment Details:

I used my Nikon D500 with a 18mm lens f 3.5, ISO 1600 exposure time was 10.3 seconds. The camera was mounted on a tripod. I used a remote shutter opener

Post-processing Details:

I used IPHOTO shapened the image.

Image Details:

This photo contains three of the most iconic Winter constellations. The bright bluish colored star near bottom left is Sirius, the brightest star in the Northern hemisphere in the constellation Canis Majoris. Continuing diagonally to the right is Orion The Hunter with its iconic shape the three stars in his belt and the three stars in the sword. The Great Orion Nebula is just visible in the sword as a fuzzy blue patch. Onward to the upper right is Taurus the Bull a V shape, With the super red giant star Aldebaran making the eye of the Bull. And finally near the right top is orange colored Mars.