Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Flame Nebula  ·  Great Orion Nebula  ·  IC 434  ·  M 42  ·  M 43  ·  Mairan's Nebula  ·  NGC 1976  ·  NGC 1982  ·  NGC 2024  ·  NGC 2112  ·  Orion B  ·  Orion Nebula  ·  Part of the constellation Orion (Ori)  ·  The star Alnilam (εOri)  ·  The star Alnitak (ζOri)  ·  The star Bellatrix (γOri)  ·  The star Betelgeuse (αOri)  ·  The star Meissa (λOri)  ·  The star Mintaka (δOri)  ·  The star Rigel (βOri)  ·  The star Saiph (κOri)  ·  The star ηOri  ·  The star ιOri
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Orion Constellation from my backyard, Benno Schneider
Orion Constellation from my backyard
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Orion Constellation from my backyard

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Orion Constellation from my backyard, Benno Schneider
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Orion Constellation from my backyard

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I took this image through the open window of my office. It was freezing cold. With no view of Polaris, I had to do the alignment using a compass. So I exposed for only 30 seconds per shot with 70mm Nikkor lens at slow f/8 to get sharp stars.

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Orion Constellation from my backyard, Benno Schneider

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