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Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri (Hadar) are sometimes called the Southern Pointer Stars. They point to the Southern Cross. The Southern Cross is distinctive in its own right, but, if you're in the Southern Hemisphere and want to be sure you've found the Cross, these two stars can help you. The Milky Way arm is just around them in the southern celestial sky.
This individual will let me watch him or her hunt for awhile when I come by if I sit down and face away.
With a clear and mild evening forecast we thought it rude not to take 3238 out for some night photography and the first opportunity was in the well light car park of the Grasshopper Pub at Moorhouse between Oxted and Westerham. Saturday 26th September 2015.
Dennis Dart SLF 10.6m - Plaxton Pointer (Ex-Maidstone & District, ARRIVA Medway Towns, ARRIVA Kent & Sussex & ARRIVA Kent Thameside 3238)
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One more ice / long exposure water combo :-)
A slightly larger view, perhaps...?
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