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The Sky is full of Stars and a Meteor passing though it all....

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by James Anderson from calgary CA on 28 Nov 2025
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Beautiful night to photograph the night sky! Just point the camera towards the stars and you will capture all the wonder of the universe in one click. In this image : Ursa Major (The Bear and the the Big Dipper center of image) and Minor (Little Dipper). Polaris is the last star on the end of the handle of the Little Dipper. It isn’t the brightest star in the sky but a moderately bright 2nd-magnitude star. It is bright enough to be seen in a dark sky. You can also find Polaris using the two outermost stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper (stars Dubhe and Merak) and follow straight up. Sailors call Dubhe, Merak and Polaris their Lucky Stars if you know which way North is than you can find your way home. Arcturus visible off of the end of the arcing Big Dipper handle that points to the red giant star (between two evergreens lower left). Arcturus is located close 36.7 light-years away and is the 4th-brightest star in the sky and the brightest one in the northern half of the sky. There is Athebyne Star a white to yellow giant star in the constellation of Draco. Draco and the Athebyne Star can be found by tracing a line due west of the Polaris Star.

tagged: meteor presides shower polaris star big dipper nature night outdoors starry_sky plant tree fir sky astronomy nebula outer_space astronomical_object atmospheric_phenomenon constellation galaxy midnight universe

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