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    Re: Stars in Oppenheimer movie
    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

       
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