[SunkenCiv]

[Credit: R. Villaverde, Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA]

[MarineBrat]

Now that the weather is warming up enough for me to schedule some serious star parties, the beautiful Orion arm of the winter Milky Way is in full retreat into the sunset. :( I just love that part of the sky. There’s so many bright stars.

Off the top of my head.... (Pardon my spelling)

Sirius
Betelgeuse
Belatrix
Rigel
Saiph
Alnilam
Alnitak
Mintaka
Castor
Pollux
Regulus
Procyon
Aldebaran (& the Hyades)
Capella

Then there’s the Pleiades. Soooo many bright stars in that part of the sky. I always lament some when my observing switches over towards Leo’s droppings. :)

[Vinylly]

I really love these astronomy pictures! They are fantastic.

[TigersEye]

Looks like a Van Gogh version of a Georgia O’Keeffe painting.

[Bikkuri]

I see a dragon’s face just off center (up and to the left). Almost perfect too...

[dragnet2]

That's a bit over manipulated and over processed image..but very pretty.

Here's my Orion M-42

Canon 40D, 10" SCT, 6.3 reducer at 19X65seconds- No filters