Scorpius with closed Mars

Constellation tour in Summer

Date & Time:	Jun 23 2001, 22:19 JST(+0900), 17min. Exp.
Optical:	SMC TAKUMAR f=105mm F2.4, Aperture: F4.0
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera:	PENTAX 67
Film:	Ektachrome E200 (+1EV pushed)
Location:	Halfway up Mt.Fuji in Fujinomiya city, Shizuoka pref.

This star field image shows you the constellation of Scorpius with the bright red planet of Mars closing to the Earth. As you know the heart of Scorpion has a bright red star of Antares, alpha Scorpii, meaning of "The rival of Mars (Anti-Ares)".
The Mars approaches Earth every 780 days and every return of Mars occurs at different zodiac constellations. So the closed and glittering Mars (Ares) parallels with Antares (Anti-Ares) only once in 15 years. This picture is a valuable shot captured two well-matched red stars in summer skies.

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Great triangle in summer

Cygnus

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