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12/5/2011 5:16:23 AM
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dsefcik
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Ursa Major was the focus of this photo but you can also see part of Ursa Minor in the upper right. There are probably other visible stars but those are the only ones I know. This was taken at the Culp Valley campground on July 1st 2011 at 1:30am.
ISO 1600, Exposure 30 seconds, Focal Length 20mm, Aperture f/6.3
Here is what Stellarium shows me
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edited by dsefcik on 12/5/2011
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12/6/2011 5:37:01 AM
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surfponto
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Awesome.
OK you have my interest, what is Stellarium?
Bob
edited by surfponto on 12/6/2011
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12/6/2011 6:19:42 PM
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dsefcik
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From the website:
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.
http://www.stellarium.org/
I had totally forgotten about this program on my computer. We had some teachers using it at school. It is kinda neat...I need to start using it more often.
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12/8/2011 1:18:48 PM
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epolomsk
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Stelllarium is terrific!
I use it to teach some of my astronomy classes.
Some other HIGHLY reccommended resources:
Astronomy Picture of the Day (Theres a rather nice one there today)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
earthsky.org/tonight
I love the following web site: gives aurora forecasts and impending asteroids orbits
spaceweather.com
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"Except you are kindred with those who have speech with great spaces,
and the Four Winds of the Earth, and the infinite arch of God's sky,
you shall not have understanding of the Desert's lure. ...
If you love the Desert and live in it, and lie awake at night under its
low-hanging stars, you know you are a part of the pulse-beat of the Universe,
and you feel the swing of the spheres through space, and you hear through
the silence the voice of God speaking".
Idah Meacham Strobridge in Sagebrush Trilogy
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12/8/2011 4:16:52 PM
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hikerdmb
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Thanks for that link. I will be sure to check it out regularly. I use Starry Night Pro 6 on my mac and GoSkyWatch Planetarium and SkySafari Lite on my iPhone. In the old days of mac I used a program called Voyager II that was great with the elementary kids at my school. Technology sure makes it easier to pick out objects in the night sky. We had a star party last week (set up telescopes so parents and kids could look at things) and I used my iPhone to show them a preview of what they would see through the scope. It really helped the smaller viewers.
David
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12/9/2011 8:22:10 AM
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surfponto
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Thanks for the links everyone.
Nice to see that it is open source and not just for Linux 
(That is a jab at Daren)
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