The sky of 18th February!

 The winter sky on 18th February!




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When I was writing classwork, I suddenly remembered that today is Friday, & tomorrow my Astronomy course ends. But, it was just 4 in the evening. It is my game time. Then, the time passed & it was 8.30! I went to the terrace & started to stargaze.


The main event:

First, I just took the phone & went to the terrace. But, suddenly, Great Grandfather came to Terrace. But, I didn't take my telescope to the roof. I came running down & assembled it. I showed the moon with a 45x eyepiece as well as 90x. They both enjoyed watching it. They went down as it was 9.15 PM. Then, I switched off all the lights & kept the camera settings as:16-second exposure, 10-second timer, ISO as 1600, WB as 6200K. I used Realme  phone.



Target:

My primary target was Orion as it was my Astronomy class's assignment. But, It was busy seeing the moon. I kept the phone on the surface of the terrace & came back as my body shouldn't interrupt the image.

Photographing it:

First, I took some shots which were just an image of the vastness of white! I didn't give up & kept on doing it. Finally, I got an image of half of Orion that included Saiph, Rigel, Alnitak, Alnilam & Mintaka. It also included parts of Taurus. Yes, the centre of Taurus & some Random, Low in brightness stars. These are the images:


I've circled Orion. You can look at the image & find a few stars.










The Taurus & something other stars.












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Thanks 
Ramesh S Krishna

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