Dave's Views

By davethespoon

Orion - The Hunter

top left - Betelgeuse - a red super giant star

top right - Bellatrix - 22nd brightest star in the night sky

belt - Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka

lower left - Saiph - shines mostly in ultra violet

lower right - Rigel - blue super giant star, 6th brightest in the night sky

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First experiments with shooting stars. Looking closely at the images is great as there's loads more stars captured on camera than visible with the naked eye. They also have distinctive colours, Betelgeuse (top left) is clearly red tinted and Rigel (lower right) is more blue.

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