The Orion Nebula took my breath away. The Constellation is harder to see, but still!

Thank you. One of these hours I need to try and sleep again. It's 1:20 a.m. here.

Thanks!

Rarely.do we see such clarity.

Betelguese, a shoulder star is very near the top, and midway from the left end of the pic. The other shoulder star, Bellatrix, is about 30% of the way down from the top, and near the right side of the picture. His head is near the upper right corner. Kind of a dim head, probably he's a Republican. (Big belt, big sword, dim head).

Orion's belt is about 40% of the way above the bottom, and about midway from the left end. His sword is about 10% of the way up from the bottom, and about 30% of the way from the left end of the picture. The brightest sword "star" is the nebula.

Great job on both pics.

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Here's another Kantner/Slick favorite of mine. Garcia plays the guitar solo, Crosby and Nash sing backup, and Peter Kaukonen plays mandolin.

I used to belong to the Tacoma Astronomical Society and started grinding an 8 inch reflector-it brings back many happy memories

I got to hang with a gregarious group of amateur astronomers at a Pennsylvania dark skies park last May. They were happy to show off their rigs--some built from kits with beautifully-finished wooden cases--and share their knowledge of the night sky. I was there to shoot the Milky Way and the only person on the observation field without a telescope.