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Re: Stars in Oppenheimer movie
From: Robert H. van Gent
Date: 2024 Jan 11, 23:32 +0000
From: Robert H. van Gent
Date: 2024 Jan 11, 23:32 +0000
Hi,
The fact that the brightest object is distinctly yellowish makes the surrounding star field rather easy to identify – rotate the image counter-clockwise and it should be obvious that Oppenheimer was looking at several well-known stars best viewed during the spring and summer nights.
The two brightest objects are also navigational stars.
I checked my identification with
https://nova.astrometry.net/
and was pleased to see that I was correct.
Rob van Gent
