Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Corona Borealis (CrB)  ·  Contains:  Gemma (αCrB)  ·  The constellation Corona Borealis (CrB)  ·  The star Alphecca  ·  The star Nusakan (βCrB)  ·  The star γCrB  ·  The star δCrB  ·  The star εCrB  ·  The star ηCrB  ·  The star θCrB  ·  The star ιCrB  ·  The star οCrB
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Corona Borealis, gigiastro
Corona Borealis, gigiastro

Corona Borealis

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Corona Borealis, gigiastro
Corona Borealis, gigiastro

Corona Borealis

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

«(...)the golden crown worn by

Princess Ariadne of Crete when she married the god Dionysus.

(...)Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete, is famous in

mythology for her part in helping Theseus to slay the Minotaur

(...)after their wedding Dionysus joyfully tossed the crown

into the sky where its jewels transformed into stars.»



(From «Ian Ridpath's Star Tales

Myths, legends, and history of the constellations»)



Samyang 135mm f/2 set to f/2.8

Drizzle x2 integration-->resampling

Comments

Revisions

  • Final
    Corona Borealis, gigiastro
    Original
  • Corona Borealis, gigiastro
    B

B

Description: Annotated

Uploaded: ...

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Corona Borealis, gigiastro