Starship Asterisk*

I wonder if this deep sky APOD contains any coincidences with the constellation art of old.

[quote=johanlf post_id=336665 time=1706703335]
label error : the bright star on the lower left is not Sirius but Procyon. Checked on star chart.
[/quote]

This has now been fixed on the main NASA APOD. We apologize for the inaccuracy.

I have a question - if this is a long duration exposure, where are the star trails? Or the land trails :)

Oh - never mind, for some reason I didn't see the note it was a composite. I stand corrected.

Oh, and:

[quote]Except... wouldn't it be fun to be able to see the night sky this way?[/quote]

Absolutely!

I do a lot of VR outdoor areas (I did the burning man for BRCVR 2020-2023), and would love to put a night sky like this in the VR area. Yes, a little more 'real' than real.

I did live in a dark sky site once (near Gouverneur, NY), and when it wasn't cloudy I finally realized why they call it the Milky way - it really does look like milk in the right area.

== John ==

[quote="Christian G." post_id=336671 time=1706711568 user_id=147043]
[quote=Ann post_id=336658 time=1706680810 user_id=129702]
wouldn't it be fun to be able to see the night sky this way?

Ann
[/quote]

And how! Or just to see the sky from ancient times when the only human light pollution came from candles.
[/quote]

I thought Ann might have been referring to the annotations. I really [i]WOULD [/i]like those to appear when I look up at the sky! (As well seeing it in vibrant technicolor like this, of course.)

[quote="Cousin Ricky" post_id=336670 time=1706709343 user_id=141376]
[quote=johanlf post_id=336665 time=1706703335]
label error : the bright star on the lower left is not Sirius but Procyon. Checked on star chart.
[/quote]

I believe you are correct. [b][size=110][color=#0040FF]And Ann can remove the question mark from the lower image.[/color][/size][/b]
[/quote]

I can't. I didn't save the image so that I can change it.

Ann

[quote=Ann post_id=336658 time=1706680810 user_id=129702]
wouldn't it be fun to be able to see the night sky this way?

Ann
[/quote]

And how! Or just to see the sky from ancient times when the only human light pollution came from candles.

[quote=johanlf post_id=336665 time=1706703335]
label error : the bright star on the lower left is not Sirius but Procyon. Checked on star chart.
[/quote]

I believe you are correct. And Ann can remove the question mark from the lower image.

[url=https://www.google.com/maps/@50.7397381,15.7276241,2a,75y,117.04h,87.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suZjLAG56pJdB8KG2EfGF5g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu]Day shot.[/url]

label error : the bright star on the lower left is not Sirius but Procyon. Checked on star chart.

[img3="Camera Orion Rising.
Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin Ślipko"]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2401/OrionRising_Slipko_960_annotated.jpg[/img3]



[attachment=0]APOD 31 January 2024 annotated.png[/attachment]


And right now that's all I have to say about this APOD! :D

Except... wouldn't it be fun to be able to see the night sky this way?

Ann

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