by Ann » Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:38 am
Beautiful picture! The Great Wall really looks, well, great among the impressive mountains.
Me being me, I'm more interested in the sky. And I'm more interested in the stars than in the Quarantids. I love the little Pleiades "hanging down" from the sky like tiny little compact Dipper.
Apart from the Pleiades, I found myself staring at the bright "star" close to the center of the image. "Wow, Aldebaran looks bright", was my first thought. But of course it isn't Aldebaran but a planet. Which one? Does anyone know? Colorwise, I might guess Saturn, although I can't remember Saturn visiting Taurus any time during the last, say, ten years. So Mars? Looks too non-red to be Mars. Jupiter? I don't remember Jupiter in Taurus, and shouldn't Jupiter be brighter? Venus? Really?
Orion looks great in the APOD too, although a little squashed. You can tell at a glance that this picture was not taken recently, because Betelgeuse is bright.
Great image!
Ann
Beautiful picture! The Great Wall really looks, well, great among the impressive mountains.
Me being me, I'm more interested in the sky. And I'm more interested in the stars than in the Quarantids. I love the little Pleiades "hanging down" from the sky like tiny little compact Dipper.
Apart from the Pleiades, I found myself staring at the bright "star" close to the center of the image. "Wow, Aldebaran looks bright", was my first thought. But of course it isn't Aldebaran but a planet. Which one? Does anyone know? Colorwise, I might guess Saturn, although I can't remember Saturn visiting Taurus any time during the last, say, ten years. So Mars? Looks too non-red to be Mars. Jupiter? I don't remember Jupiter in Taurus, and shouldn't Jupiter be brighter? Venus? Really?
Orion looks great in the APOD too, although a little squashed. You can tell at a glance that this picture was not taken recently, because Betelgeuse is bright.
Great image!
Ann