Part 2 Sceneries in dark night
Setting Scorpius toward west sky



Date & Time: Aug 10 1999, 20:50 JST(+0900), 35min. Exp.
Optical: SMC TAKMAR f=55mm F3.5, Aperture: F4.0
Camera: PENTAX 67
Film: Ektachrome E100VS
Location: Koumi town., Nagano pref.



Though the Scorpius has an image of summer constellation, starts to set in western sky in night of August. This picture shows Scorpius with bright stars and the Milky Way in summer going down toward a mountain ridge of Mt. Yatsugatake.




Sinking Winter Constellations, Jupiter & Saturn

Rising Big Dipper from grove


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