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Cámara en modo manual focus, montada en tripié. NO SE USÓ TELESCOPIO, NO SE INTERPUSIERON FILTROS, NO SE MODIFICARON LOS COLORES (de tal manera que la estrella aparece en su tipo espectral original). Zoom digital 155X (3720mm equivalente, 664.28 mm focal length). EXIF solamente lee hasta el máximo de zoom óptico, no lee zoom digital.
α Geminorum. Distancia: 51 ± 0,8 años luz. En 1678 se descubrió que Cástor es una binaria visual cuyas componentes, separadas unos 6 segundos de arco. Cástor es una estrella binaria visual cuyas componentes, Cástor A y Cástor B, completan una órbita cada 445 años. Aunque la distancia media entre ambas es de 104 ua, la excentricidad de la órbita (ε = 0,34) hace que la separación entre ellas varíe entre 71 y 138 ua. Cástor es, en realidad, una estrella «séxtuple»: tiene una acompañante muy poco luminosa a unos 72 segundos de arco, Cástor C, cuyos paralaje y movimiento propio son iguales al del par Cástor AB.
La estrella principal de Cástor A es una estrella blanca de la secuencia principal de tipo espectral A1 V. Por su parte, la componente principal de Cástor B es una estrella con líneas metálicas —lo que ha llevado a que sea catalogada entre A2 y A5.
Compare con mis otras Cástor capturadas con otra cámara, en modo autofocus y otra distancia focal, por ejemplo
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Episode 5 in the Caster Cottage series. Even though I've named it Caster House in the image. I think I couldn't make up my mind.
CASTOR cask for storage and transport of radioactive material
(german: „Behälter zur Aufbewahrung und zum Transport radioaktiven Materials“)
Ricinus communis, the castorbean[2] or castor-oil-plant,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus, Ricinus, and subtribe, Ricininae. The evolution of castor and its relation to other species are currently being studied using modern genetic tools.[4] It reproduces with a mixed pollination system which favor selfing by geitonogamy but at the same time can be an out-crosser by anemophily or entomophily.[1]
Its seed is the castor bean, which, despite its name, is not a true bean. Castor is indigenous to the southeastern Mediterranean Basin, Eastern Africa, and India, but is widespread throughout tropical regions (and widely grown elsewhere as an ornamental plant).[5]
Castor seed is the source of castor oil, which has a wide variety of uses. The seeds contain between 40% and 60% oil that is rich in triglycerides, mainly ricinolein. The seed also contains ricin, a water-soluble toxin, which is also present in lower concentrations throughout the plant.
An unrelated plant species, Fatsia japonica, is similar in appearance and known as the false castor oil plant.
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I got round to doing another post in my Castor Cottage series, taking you to one of the two bathrooms this time.
Angled Castor
© Harshith JV
Place: Bangalore
Species: Ariadne ariadne
Family: Nymphalidae
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne_ariadne , www.ifoundbutterflies.org/97-Ariadne/Ariadne-ariadne
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File date: January 15, 2014 at 11:01 IST
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The statue of Castor, guarding with his Pollux twin the access to the Campidoglio in Rome. Castor and Pollux are known as Dioscuri or Gemini.
This is a variant on the classic approach, in which the statue is set against the blue sky. In case you prefer one version over the other, I would be grateful if you let me know. TYVMIA.
Made it to #56 on Monday, July 23, 20077 (courtesy of Photo Rank and/or Scout).
Sukhoi Su-26, cn 06-02, reg EC-HPD. This is the plane used by aerobatic champion Castor Fantoba from Repsol Team for his amazing flying demos. This time was seen at Matilla de los Caños (LETC).
Cámara en modo autofocus, montada en tripié, autodisparador a 2 segundos.
NO TELESCOPE, NO FILTERS, COLORS WERE NOT MODIFIED.
Zoom digital 63X (1764 mm equivalente) [315 mm focal length]. EXIF sólo lee hasta el máximo del zoom óptico (20X para esta cámara), No lee zoom digital.
Castor es en realidad un sistema estelar séxtuple; tal vez por eso su policromía. Ya que el sistema binario visible sus dos estrellas principales son blancas.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cástor_(estrella)
Je patientais depuis plusieurs heures dans ma cache en attente de canards lorsqu'un visiteur est apparu. Il a fait sa toilette et est reparti sans se douter que j'étais là.
I was waiting in my hide for a few hours trying to see some ducks when this visitor came beside me. He cleaned himself and leaved without notice i was there.
Soon after I took this photo the "groceries" were taken through this hole in the ice of Bronte Creek and transported under the ice to another hole for consumption by the "kids". Oakville, Ontario
This is the fruit of a castor plant, or castor bean plant, Ricinus communis. I enhanced the contrast a little with The Gimp. The plant grows quite large, taller than I am, and the fruit is roughly the size of a table tennis ball. The plants are grown as ornamentals, and castor oil is derived from them. So is ricin, which is a poison.
Larger sizes are available.
To see a photo of an entire plant, go here. You can see less mature fruits in the right foreground, and elsewhere.
Beavers are known for their natural trait of building dams on rivers and streams, and building their homes (known as "lodges") in the resulting pond.
The North American beaver (Castor canadensis), also called the Canadian beaver (which is also the name of a subspecies), American beaver, or simply beaver in North America, is native to Canada, much of the United States and parts of northern Mexico.