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Do you know the constellations ?

Started by skysurfer , Jun 21 2025 03:36 PM

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#51 Sketcher

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Posted 30 June 2025 - 10:55 PM

Here's a smaller area of the sky from my urban front yard. I intentionally cropped off a very obvious part of a constellation.

Enjoy!

Northern part of Orion

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#52 WillR

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Posted 01 July 2025 - 04:22 AM

Here's a smaller area of the sky from my urban front yard. I intentionally cropped off a very obvious part of a constellation.

Enjoy!

Judging by the time of year, I would say Arcturus, Rasalhague and Rasalgethi are the three brighter stars. It would be upside down. Keystone of Hercules, head of Serpens.

But a lot of stars are missing, and the patterns are a bit off. It’s just not a good enough photo for precise plate solving.

As for the head of Orion as a possibility, it seems like far too much sky for that.

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#53 Tony Cifani

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Posted 01 July 2025 - 05:57 AM

Northern part of Orion

You got it!

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Edited by Tony Cifani, 01 July 2025 - 05:58 AM.

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#54 WillR

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Posted 01 July 2025 - 11:39 AM

Kudos to Sketcher. I guess your hint about a significant part of the constellation being cut off was no exaggeration.

The asterism that includes lambda Orionis with that little faint trail of stars is very distinctive. However I never really noticed that horizontal chain of stars below Bellatrix before. This explains why I couldn't shoehorn the stars into the pattern around Arcturus.