[neilep (OP)]

Dearest TNS Colleagues,



Stars are great aren't they ?...balls of sparkly joy and diamond shimmering goodness !!

What's your favourite constellation ?

Mine is the Big Dipper or as we call it over here in the UK The Plough. I love it because it's big and looks like one, and it's easy to find !

...and yours ?

Men are the same as women, just inside out !

[ariel]

Mine would have to be the fictitious "Galileo's Sword"
haha

ariel

[ukmicky]

orion ,southern cross

Michael

[JimBob]

Oirion it's got to be. Besides, his sword has two M objects - M42 & M43.

If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
      --Ted Turner

[ROBERT]

Here is a "star trail" image of Orion I took last year:-



The phrase "star trail" is not completely correct: the red trail is the M42 nebula.

AstroPhoto Tip: you can increase the thickness of your "star trails" be de-focussing your lens,
 i.e. focussing short of the infinity mark.
 This will turn pinpoint stars into defocussed discs which are larger and produce thicker trails.

[ROBERT]

Here is a more complex method of defocussing Orion:-
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/AAO/images/captions/misc011.html

[sharkeyandgeorge]

draco i love the name


J.B.S Haldane on the perforated eardrums which were a consequence of his pressure experiments "the drum generally heals up; and if a hole remains in it, although one is somewhat deaf, one can blow tobacco smoke out of  the ear in question, which is a social accomplishment".

[neilep (OP)]

Not to be outdone by that amateur Robert...here's a piccy of The Plough that I took.........

.................................from another website and blatantly copied it here.



Men are the same as women, just inside out !

[ukmicky]

Neil i love the picture ,these new mobile phone cameras are definitely improving.[]

Michael

[neilep (OP)]

quote:Originally posted by ukmicky

Neil i love the picture ,these new mobile phone cameras are definitely improving.[]

Michael

LOL []


...and it took me ages to hook those stars up so that they'd shine brighter too...almost a whole evening ! []

Men are the same as women, just inside out !

[DoctorBeaver]

I'll add my vote to the Orion camp (not that I'm inferring that Orion acts effeminate).

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