Constellation tour in Autumn
Piscis Austrinus (The Southern Fish)


Date & Time: Aug 10 1999, 24:06 JST(+0900), 12min. Exp.
Optical: MD Rokkor f=50mm F1.4, Aperture: F3.5, with Cokin Diffuser-1 filter
Auto-guided with Kenko SKY-MEMO Equatorial
Camera: MINOLTA XD
Film: Ektachrome E200 (+1EV pushed)
Location: Koumi town, Nagano pref.





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Almost all constellations in autumn don't include so many bright stars, and perhaps you'll feel the autumnal sky empty. But in the southern sky in autumn, you can find a lonely white star with the first magnitude of Fomalhaut at the mouth of the Southern Fish. Pisces Austrinus is a fish lying on its back, and drinking water pouring from the jar of Aquarius.
The origin of this constellation is uncertain, but was known in ancient times and is said to be the original "Pisces".





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