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Photographer:
Paolo Palma
Location of Photo:
Naples - Italy
Date/Time of photo:
12/04/2023
Equipment:
Dobson skywatcher 18" - 285x - smartphone A5 - ISO800 - 1/11s
Description:
Here in one glance the colors of all the stars up to magnitude +6 that draw these two constellations. A total of 120 stars, a number 3 times greater than those up to magnitude +5, deliberately taken out of focus to better capture their nuances, here scaled according to their apparent magnitude. They are all single shots - except the pair 24 of the Coma Berenices - and all within the sixth magnitude, except 19 Leonis and the very red R Leonis. With such high numbers I enjoyed putting more stars in order of spectral class for each constellation. And I find the result really interesting, considering that these colors are those visible and taken through the telescope and not simple digital reconstructions. Under a really dark sky these stars are all potentially visible to the naked eye. Who knows then what the myths would have told in the light of their nuances. I try to imagine it here: https://bit.ly/3oaD8Cz
