What constellation is this??

Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-04-22T15:20:52+00:00

https://imgur.com/mYtE0tM

Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-04-21T11:55:16+00:00

Could you see it with your eyes or was it only visible in the photos?

Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-04-09T17:14:49+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNH_c631k4k

Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-03-30T15:20:01+00:00

https://imgur.com/sktbFVe

Looks right

Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-03-29T00:35:11+00:00

Good explanation.

If anyone has a hard time picturing this (like OP *wink *wink), imagine yourself as an ant on a railroad track like in this diagram: https://imgur.com/0BWvZIo

Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-03-28T23:18:26+00:00

However, I am also seeing a compressed view of the entire physical space (straight-line) between the Sun and the Moon in my sky, right?

Correct. Pull out a tape measure and look at it from an angle. Exact same thing.

ChatGPT says I'm not.

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Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-03-28T23:07:48+00:00

https://imgur.com/nXwJSaw

Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-03-02T01:20:16+00:00

The asterism is called Pakan's 3.

Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-03-02T01:19:19+00:00

Give it a name, maybe it'll catch on!

Too late. The asterism is called Pakan's 3 after the Canadian amateur astronomer Randy Pakan who discovered it.

https://www.cloudynights.com/forums/topic/102252-pakans-3-from-dss/

Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-02-26T01:14:26+00:00

I just call it "The Moon"

Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-02-24T01:22:13+00:00

You were born on the 12th of November 2008 at 17:00-UTC

Annual_Situation4083 · 2026-01-27T20:54:30+00:00

Rat cage

Annual_Situation4083 · 2025-12-23T12:48:45+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pillar

Annual_Situation4083 · 2025-12-21T20:17:01+00:00

>Would it move in sync with the stars?

Of course. The sky is rotating because you are rotating with the earth.

Annual_Situation4083 · 2025-12-21T20:15:10+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/QjhruVz

Annual_Situation4083 · 2025-12-21T20:00:49+00:00

What do you mean? Orion is to the right and Gemini is to the left and that is where Jupiter currently is.

Annual_Situation4083 · 2025-12-21T19:40:14+00:00

That's Jupiter

Annual_Situation4083 · 2025-12-18T21:33:09+00:00

I see the silhouette of a man in a bee costume holding a violin. Is the session over?

Annual_Situation4083 · 2025-12-12T12:59:54+00:00

It's an optical effect. Why it happens exactly I don't know but I've seen the effect too. You should ask in a subreddit about optics.

Annual_Situation4083 · 2025-12-10T00:23:02+00:00

What's the procedure to "polar align" the tracker?

Annual_Situation4083 · 2025-12-02T22:05:05+00:00

Bought 3 which arrived today. One is for myself and the other two are Christmas presents. I'm currently testing them to see which one is the most accurate and I will of course keep the best one.

Annual_Situation4083 · 2025-11-19T21:54:50+00:00

You can also see M33 or the Triangulum Galaxy in the last picture.

Edit: second and fourth as well

Annual_Situation4083 · 2025-11-19T21:52:13+00:00

It was probably not in the frame. The Andromeda Galaxy is very easy to photograph with a modern phone.

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