March 2010: View is to the south as soon as the sky is completely dark. Can you identify the following constellations: Orion at right; Canis Major at bottom centre; Canis Minor at left centre; Gemini at top left. Mars is the brightest starlike object at extreme left, near top. The winter Milky Way cuts across photo from upper right to lower left. For help identifying the constellations, use the centre chart in the March/April SkyNews. Photo taken from near Burk’s Falls, Ontario, which adds the minor light-pollution glow at bottom. Ten-minute time exposure by Todd Carlson. |
