Part 2 Sceneries in dark night
Light Trail of Canopus


Date & Time: Jan 13 1996, 22:30 JST(+0900), 15min. Exp.
Optical: MC Rokkor f=135mm F2.8, Aperture: F4.0
Camera: MINOLTA SRT-101
Film: Fujichrome VELVIA
Location: Kofu city, Yamanashi pref.


I took this picture in lower southern skies influenced with city lights. An orange-colored trail is the Canopus, alpha Carinae. Canopus is the second brightest star in heavens next to Sirius in Canis Major. However, we see it only just above the southern horizon at northern mid-latitude; the color is reddish due to the influence of atmosphere as with the red-colored setting sun.



Milky way across the sky in summer
The rising Orion

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