The Moon and Jupiter. Taken at ESO / La Silla, Chile, in October
1998.
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The Moon lighting clouds underneath. Taken at ESO / La Silla, Chile,
in October 1998.
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The setting Moon. The small spot of light over the Moon is a reflection of
the Moon in the optics of the camera. The photo itself was not overexposed
but the scanner could not handle the conversion well. I tried to return some
of the smoothness and strange reddish tone to the picture in PhotoShop but
the Moon still looks like someone burnt a hole in the photo. Sorry about
that. The photo was taken at ESO / La Silla, Chile, in October 1998.
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Orion (Hunter) in the middle. Lepus (Hare) above it. Parts of Eridanus
(Po River) on the left. [alpha] Canis Majoris (Canis Major = Big Dog),
commonly known as Sirius, on the right. Taken at ESO / La Silla, Chile,
in October 1998.
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[alpha] Centauri (Centaurus = Centaur), commonly known as Rigil, and [beta]
Centauri at the lower left corner. Trianglulum Australe (Southern Triangle)
faintly visible above Rigil. Circinus (Compass) lies in between but is
invisible in this photo. Ara (Altar) to the right of Triangulum Australe.
Norma (Carpenter's Level) below Ara, or in the very centre of the photo,
is not visible. Parts of Lupus (Wolf) are visible in the middle bottom part
of the photo. Most of Scorpius (Scorpion) lies on the right half of the
photo. [alpha] Scorpii, commonly known as Antares, is the red star close to
lower right of the photo. [theta], [iota], [lambda], and [kappa] Scorpii
form a dense region of stars in the upper right quarter of the photo. Taken
at ESO / La Silla, Chile, in October 1998.
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The two bright stars close to horizon on the right are [alpha] Centauri
(Rigil) and [beta] Centauri. At the right edge parts of Triangulum Australe
occupy the lower half and the entire Apus (Bird of Paradise) the upper half
of the photo. Low in the centre lies Crux (Southern Cross) with some more
of Centaurus to its left. Above the Crux is Musca (Fly). The three leftmost
stars are [kappa], [fi], and [my] Velorum (Vela = Sail of Ship) with most of
Carina (Keel of Ship) to the right of them. Taken at ESO / La Silla, Chile,
in October 1998.
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Lyra (Lyre or Harp) is well portrayed on top of the twin towers of
telescopes; with [alpha] Lyrae, commonly known as Vega, as the brightest of
them all. On the right most of Cygnus with [alpha] Cygni, commonly known as
Deneb, just visible next to the edge. To the left of Lyra parts of Hercules
are barely shown. The star next to the left edge is [alpha] Ophiuchi
(Ophiuchus = Holder of Serpent). Taken at ESO / La Silla, Chile, in October
1998.
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Northern half of Auriga (Charioteer) on the left and of Gemini (Twins) on
the Right. [alpha] Aurigae, commonly known as Capella, is the brightest star
on the photo, close to the left edge. [beta], [theta], and [eta] Aurigae are
also well visible. On the right [alpha] and [beta] Geminorum, commonly known
as Castor and Pollux, are the two bright stars at the bottom of a group of
stars. [delta] and [tau] Geminorum are also visible. Taken at ESO / La Silla,
Chile, in October 1998.
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