Ever since I developed a new technique to accentuate stars in pictures, I have wanted to go back to my original wide-field views and…refresh them with this process. Today I bring you an updated Leo the Lion.
Whereas my original Leo cropped just the constellation itself, here we have the full, original post-processed image. In this picture, taken when Leo was “falling” into the West about an hour after Sunset, the brightest star Regulus is in the center middle. This should provide you with the necessary guide hint to see and trace all of Leo.
Also in this wider image are other constellations or parts of them:
- The head of Virgo begins to appear on the left.
- Several stars of Cancer are near the lower-right corner.
- All of Leo Minor is present at the top.
- Part of Lynx is clearly visible in the upper right.
- You can see the paws of Ursa Major making their cameo near the top.
Since I started taking wide-field views of the sky, I put my tally of snagged constellations at 22:
- Ursa Minor
- Draco
- Leo the Lion
- Aquila
- Sagitta
- Delphinus
- Velpecula
- Lyra
- Cygnus
- Taurus
- Perseus
- Camelopardalis
- Auriga
- Cassiopeia
- Cepheus
- Scorpius
- Ophiuchus
- Virgo
- Cancer
- Leo Minor
- Lynx
- Ursa Major
References:
- Constellations I: Testing Ursa Minor, Snagging Draco
- Constellations II: Leo the Lion
- Constellations III: Of the Summer Triangle
- Constellations IV: Scorpius Rising
- Constellations V: Leo the Lion (Remastered) (this post)
- Meteor Hunting, 2017 Edition
