Sirius in Canis Major & Orion cross the night sky

Orion is the brightest winter constellation. To the South-East we find a very bright star, Sirius. Sirius belongs to Canis Major. Between Canis Major and Orion there are two faint constellations, Monoceros and Lepus. In this video we see how these 4 constellations moves from East to West due to the rotational movement of the Earth.

Equipment: Casio Exilim EX-Z80 recording at 8Mpx.

Each video frame is a 4 seconds exposure shot.

Music by myself, in order to avoid copyright problems.

Hint: Add "&fmt=18" (without quotes) at the end of the URL in Youtube to see this video at the best quality.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Casio Exilim
• EX-Z80
• 8Mpx
• Orion
• Sirius
• Canis Major
• Monoceros
• Lepus
• Astronomy
• Astrophotography
• Night Sky
• Winter
• Constellations
• Music

[finlan9]

Cool vid, it relly makes it easy to see how the earth is travelling below the stars, just one thing as i have never studied the stars before , is Sirius the bright star in the lower part of the screen?

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

Thanks. Yes, that one is Sirius, the brightest star in the sky.

[finlan9]

Thank you, i spent a night watchin the sky recently for the shooting stars and it was great, as the stars passed slowly over head all i realised i knew nothing about them, Sirius is my beginning!!!

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

Never is too late to observe the sky. Sirius is a good start point.

[jettop5]

Nice video!

[CumputerPhysiscsLab]

Thanks. It was made from the city center.

[Muodostuva]

Wow! Thank you!

[Ludach123]

Sirius is the jesus star it is always folowed by three aditional stars that are "The Three King" as the bible says and at 25th of deceber Sirius is exactly at the east which is the star that told that the jesus is coming.....

[Birdlovemi112]

OMYGawd!!! Did I see a commet or meteor?????

[TheNorthRaven]

Great stuff here, Polaris and Sirius are the key stars for the amateur viewing. And thats where I am now. :)

[hanafiee89]

i cant see anything?

[SinishaTheScoper]

Nice,i there is orion nebula too!

[bracikmen]

rigel and beteigeuse is also there :P