Saturday Morning Orion

 

My intention was to view and/or photograph the Comet Atlas A3 on the morning of Saturday, September 28, 2024. This was to be unsuccessful, but the constellation Orion was glittering beautifully in the southern sky, so I diverted to that instead. The image above, captured at 5:32 am CDT, is a 20 second exposure at f/4, ISO 400, 24mm focal length, and was photographed from White Road at North Marion Road, north of Marion, Iowa. The constellation Orion is seen at center upper, with the bright -1.47 magnitude star Sirius at left. Contrail streaks are seen at lower right. Nikon Z6ii camera.