Orion and the winter stars and constellations rising in moonlight above bare trees in Alberta, Canada.
December 2, 2019 - Orion and the winter stars and constellations rising in the light of a first quarter moon in Alberta, Canada. Orion is above the trees with Aldebaran in Taurus and the Pleiades above him. At top left is the star Capella and the constellation of Auriga. At left of centre are Castor and Pollux in Gemini. Just rising amid the trees is Procyon in Canis Minor. Sirius and Canis Major had not yet risen. The timing nicely captures 4 of the sky’s best star clusters in a row across the sky, with the Beehive just rising at lower left, the Hyades at upper right, and the Pleiades at top. Between the Hyades and the Beehive is the small binocular cluster in Gemini, M35, but visible in this wide-angle view. The low setting moon behind the camera to the right added a warm bronze hour tint to the landscape. Tracks in the snow are from deer.
Size: 6300px × 4200px
Location: Alberta, Canada
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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