bright stars of winter above trees and snowy road
The full Moon and bright stars of Orion light up the dark of winter. From my home in British Columbia.
#astrophotography #orion #astronomy #winterstars
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93Q Star Party
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 7:00 pm
713 Music Hall
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Stunning astrophotography of the Winter Hexagon asterism over Manla Reservoir in Tibet, China. The image showcases six bright stars—Sirius, Procyon, Rigel, Aldebaran, Capella, and Castor—forming a hexagon with the Milky Way Galaxy traversing its center. The Pleiades star cluster and Orion constellation are also visible. The photo was taken by Jeff Dai.
Astronomy Picture from 23/01/2017
Winter Hexagon over Manla Reservoir
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170123.html
#WinterHexagon #Astrophotography #MilkyWay #Tibet #Stars #NightSky #Astronomy #Orion #Sirius #Aldebaran #Capella #WinterStars #DarkSky
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A breathtaking 360-degree panorama of a winter night sky over the Museum of Orava Village in Zuberec, Slovakia. Visible are bright stars including Sirius, Capella, Castor & Pollux, and Polaris, with the Milky Way arching across the scene. A meteor streaks across the left side of the image. The snow-covered village adds a charming foreground to this timeless celestial view.
Astronomy Picture from 24/12/2019
A Northern Winter Sky Panorama
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191224.html
#WinterStars #NorthernHemisphere #Astrophotography #MilkyWay #Sirius #Capella #CastorPollux #Polaris #NightSky #Slovakia #WinterNightsky #Stargazing #Meteor #Astronomy
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A breathtaking winter nightscape in Ustupky, Czech Republic. A cozy cottage is nestled amidst snow-covered trees, under a sky ablaze with Geminid meteors streaming from Gemini, the Milky Way, and Orion. Comet Wirtanen's greenish coma is also visible near the Pleiades star cluster.
Astronomy Picture from 22/12/2018
A Cold December Night
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181222.html
#Geminids2023 #WinterStars #OrionTheHunter #CzechRepublic #Astrophotography #NightSky #MeteorShower #MilkyWay #CometWirtanen #Snowscape #WinterWonderland #Stargazing
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As a B7 class star toward the cooler end of that class, Elnath shares similar spectral features to a slightly cooler A class star like Vega (A0V) - primarily the deep Hydrogen Balmer absorption lines. The main visible difference with Elnath vs Vega is that the peak of the spectrum shifts farther left here into near UV beyond the blue edge of the spectrum, while Vega's peak is closer to 4000 Angstroms.
Spectrum of the B7III class blue giant star Elnath (Beta Tauri) taken last night. Shelyak Alpy 600 spectrograph and @celestronuniverse.bsky.social EdgeHD 800 on an AVX mount.
#celestron #spectrum #starrysky #spectroscopy #taurus #shelyak #winterstars
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