Chasing Nature's Light
The dippers
The Big Dipper and Little Dipper are asterisms (grouping of stars) in the sky that are not constellations. The Big and Little Dippers are perhaps the most recognizable asterism in the sky, serving as a guidepost for the northerly direction and one's latitude. In this image, the dippers are low near the horizon because I took this image in central Thailand at about 13 degrees north latitude. The North Star is therefore about 13 degrees above the north horizon point.
The dippers
The Big Dipper and Little Dipper are asterisms (grouping of stars) in the sky that are not constellations. The Big and Little Dippers are perhaps the most recognizable asterism in the sky, serving as a guidepost for the northerly direction and one's latitude. In this image, the dippers are low near the horizon because I took this image in central Thailand at about 13 degrees north latitude. The North Star is therefore about 13 degrees above the north horizon point.