Help in identifying the Constellation

[Tish]

Hi all,

I love photography and has been exploring time lapse for a while. Fascinated by stars/milkyway time lapse photo. I did a trial attempt from my window as an experience for personal learning/exposure. This is my first attempt. Lightly processed and compiled motion pictures.

I see a constellation at the video where my camera points at NE position from Sengkang. The constellation takes place on 2-3 Sept and passes by at 3am from my EXIF info. Please help me identify this constellation. Some friends help me identify to Sagittarius and Scorpius but we are all not sure. Thanks in advance.

[starfinder]

Hi, in the still frame below the video, a small cluster of stars can clearly be seen near the middle. That is the open cluster (a very small grouping of stars) known as The Pleiades, a.k.a. The Seven Sisters, a.k.a Subaru (in Japanese, hence the stars on the badge of the car).

The Pleiades is also referred to by its catalog number, M45. You can read more about this here:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades

The Pleiades open cluster is in the constellation, Taurus (The Bull):
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_(constellation)

I would encourage you to take a look at The Pleiades through a pair of binoculars. It's quite a sight!

Like all stars in the sky, the Pleiades will rise very slightly earlier each day compared with the day you first saw it (about 4 minutes earlier every day).

Hope to see some more time-lapses with the stars!

[Tish]

Thank you Starfinder! 2 of my firends are right about Pleiades!

I was looking at the map in the month of Sept 8-10pm reference but didnt see any info on The Pleiades or Taurus consetllation. So I think I don't really know how to read the stars.

Thanks again. Looking out for clear skies before I go for an overnight attempt.

http://www.science.edu.sg/events/docume ... 20maps.pdf

[Gary]

Hi Tish. Welcome to the forum! Nice time-lapse!

If your EXIF says 3am, you may not find the visible constellations at that time with a static sky map that shows the 8pm - 10pm sky.

You may also figure our positions in the night sky with the highly recommended free planetarium software Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org) and reading monthly sky map charts from http://www.skymaps.com (for 8pm/9pm sky). Or free phone apps like "Sky Map" for Android, "Planets" for iOS. The Sky Map app have a "time travel" feature where you can go forward or back in time and check the positions of stars/planets/constellations from a particular location.

Hope you can join some public stargazing sessions to even better appreciate the subject matter which will enable you to frame/capture more beautiful time-lapses of prominent constellations (e.g. Orion).

[Tish]

Hi Gary,

Thank you and thank you for pointing out that google sky map has a "time travel" option. I was able to see Taurus when I was trying it out.

I do wish to join stargazing sessions, am looking out at the event thread :)

hope to see you someday.

[jeffyen]

I really like looking at the P. If the sky is cloudy, on the road can see too lol

[antares2063]

weird..where's the 7th star? haha..

[Tish]

I really like looking at the P. If the sky is cloudy, on the road can see too lol

Subaru is using this constellation? Interesting...

weird..where's the 7th star? haha..

;)

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[antares2063]

yup their logo is using the star cluster . Actually to be accurate , the group of 7 stars is not a constellation, it is a DSO (deep-skyobject) which resides within the Taurus constellation like this :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomwideman/6351357741/

[orly_andico]

The Subaru Telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Here firing its death ray.