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The northern spring constellation of Ursa Major framed to include the three pairs of stars at bottom that mark his paws and that are also known as the “Three Leaps of the Gazelle” from Arabic star lore. This asterism is very prominent to the naked eye as a series of similarly paired double stars across the sky, high overhead in spring. The Big Dipper asterism is at top, aka the Plough or Saucepan, or Wagon. I framed this to also include the Coma Berenices star cluster, Mel 111, at lower left.

This is a stack of 6 x 1-minute exposures with the Canon 35mm L-series lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800, plus two similar exposures with the Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows, with those exposures blended in with a Lighten mode. Taken from home on the Mach 1 mount April 29, 2019.
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Big Dipper, Various Constellations
The northern spring constellation of Ursa Major framed to include the three pairs of stars at bottom that mark his paws and that are also known as the “Three Leaps of the Gazelle” from Arabic star lore. This asterism is very prominent to the naked eye as a series of similarly paired double stars across the sky, high overhead in spring. The Big Dipper asterism is at top, aka the Plough or Saucepan, or Wagon. I framed this to also include the Coma Berenices star cluster, Mel 111, at lower left. <br /> <br /> This is a stack of 6 x 1-minute exposures with the Canon 35mm L-series lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800, plus two similar exposures with the Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows, with those exposures blended in with a Lighten mode. Taken from home on the Mach 1 mount April 29, 2019.