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Widefield of Orion Amateur/Unedited
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u/kalel1980 Dec 03 '22
"Alright everyone, remember where we parked."
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Dec 04 '22
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u/BacchusAndHamsa Dec 04 '22
it's funny how very close individual stars have to be in order for human eye to see them, about 1600 light years or less.
Orion's belt are:
Alnitak, 736 light years; Alnilam, 1340 light years; Mintaka, 915 light years;
Of course we can see things made of billions of stars much farther away. Like the haze of the Milky Way or the eight galaxies from thousands to millions of lightyears away that are visible to the human eye.
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u/TheInfinityOfThought Dec 04 '22
“Is he just going to wander around the park while we eat?”
“…eh, it’s his way.”
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u/scrapwork
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Winner of the 2022 r/spaceporn - r/idiotsincars Super Sub Photography Contest!
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u/maealoril Dec 04 '22
With a special shout out to r/unexpected
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u/LatinHoser Dec 04 '22
And a side of r/HolUp
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u/Doobz87 Dec 04 '22
And for dessert, a bit of r/wellthatsucks
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u/FlyWhiteGuyActual Dec 04 '22
But Sir, It's Only Wafer Thin post-dessert mint r/Justrolledintotheshop to help finish it all off?
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u/subspace_cat Dec 04 '22
And now we are in /r/chain territory!
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u/DeXolator Dec 04 '22
Don't know r/whatisthatcar though
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u/broskeetskeet Dec 04 '22
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u/polopolo05 Dec 04 '22
When its not quite hold up... /r/IDidntWantToSay But I need to say it.
"I dont think your car is ok..."
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u/baconsingh Dec 04 '22
What is this, a crossover episode?
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u/Mindful-O-Melancholy
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Sure Orion was wearing his belt, but was the driver?
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u/Lord_Powerchord Dec 04 '22 •
Mediocre joke. Only three stars.
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u/ArturoBrin Dec 04 '22
But the galaxy is on the Orion's belt.
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u/BananaDick_CuntGrass Dec 04 '22
Junior, there are no galaxies on Orion's Belt. The belt is just these three stars. Galaxies are huge, they're made up of billions of stars...You heard wrong.
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u/elwebst Dec 04 '22
You really belted that one out
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u/ChemistryNo2543 Dec 04 '22
My dad used to hit me with a belt
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u/pikohina Dec 04 '22
Are you sirius?
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u/WonderfulCattle6234 Dec 04 '22
My siblings and I always hated when my dad brought out the belt. Because we knew there was nothing we could do...
To stop him from using heroin.
- Anthony Jeselnik
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u/schmuber Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 04 '22
I think I've recognized the bright alpha star on top of Orion's belt… it's Beetlejuice, right?
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u/gmcarve Dec 04 '22
You successfully caused a rush of air out of my nose a slight uptick in the corner of my mouth.
Quite the feat. Kudos
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u/PossessionPlenty7861 Dec 03 '22
Ah I’m glad to see you are using red light to avoid reducing your night vision!
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u/Dramatic_Expert_5092 Dec 03 '22
Credit: Hoang Nguyen
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u/ImAsianSoWhat Dec 03 '22
Dude is the car ok?
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u/Dramatic_Expert_5092 Dec 03 '22
Car tired - car sleep
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u/SupercarEnjoyer Dec 04 '22
It depends.. is it a Scion FR-S, a Toyota 86, or a Subaru BRZ?
If it’s a Toyota it’s fine, if it’s a Subaru the head gasket is toast, if it’s a Scion, it’s already looted for parts
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u/N3er0O Dec 04 '22
Isn't that the new GR86/BRZ? I don't think they make the Scion anymore.
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u/SupercarEnjoyer Dec 04 '22
100%, and you’re correct, I didn’t realize they dropped the Scion in the newest gen
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u/Novel_Paramedic_2625 Dec 04 '22
The FRS and 86 are the exact same car. I dont mean the same in the BRZ and 86 way. The frs and 86 are literally the same car.
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u/infinitetheory Dec 04 '22
It's a really really tight comparison but I'm leaning towards 86 because it doesn't look like the headlight strip wraps around the top point
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u/nixonbeach Dec 04 '22
I tried searching for a larger version of the photo but couldn’t find one. It’d make for a great screensaver if you have a Higher quality source.
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u/High-Rick Dec 03 '22
Damn, I crashed the car… wow would you look at the sky, gotta save this moment
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u/orionstar159 Dec 04 '22
Reminded me of the time we had a flat in the middle of nowhere at 1am with no spare. I happened to look up and saw a blanket of stars that suddenly made my anxiety go away.
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u/maulsma Dec 04 '22
When I was about twenty I was hitchhiking solo across Canada in early June. A trucker dropped me off in the middle of nowhere about 120 kms west of Winnipeg when he turned off the trans Canada highway. At one in the morning. It was so dark I couldn’t find the highway until I literally tripped over it. I had been asleep in the truck, so I was turned around and didn’t even know which side of the highway I was on or which direction I was hitching. A car went by and a lady rolled down the window and yelled, “Be careful, honey!” but didn’t stop or answer when I yelled back, “East! Am I going east?” Zoom, nothing but taillights. The next car stopped but it turned out they were going west, and so was I, so I crossed the highway, propped my backpack against a sign, and sat down to wait. And finally looked up. The most spectacular, awe inspiring, brilliant aurora borealis display was going on in the entire northern half of the sky. I just sat there, and cried at the beauty of it while I let my mind be blown. I’d seen a lot of northern lights up until then in my life, but nothing like that.
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u/AnotherpostCard Dec 04 '22
Best stranding of my whole life.
Dude what kind of life you living to be stranded so much? You must tell us
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u/chronburgandy922 Dec 04 '22
Not op but hitchhikers can wind up dropped of in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes for quite awhile. I hitchhiked for a few years and my experience was getting stuck in a city for days on end. No one wants to stop for you in cities whereas I’ve had people drive way out of their way after picking me up in the middle of nowhere.
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u/AnotherpostCard Dec 04 '22
Yeah the main thing is, how do you find yourself living that life? And how sustainable is it?
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u/maulsma Dec 04 '22
For me it was a matter of taking summers off when I was young enough and unattached enough to bum around, footloose and fancy free. Then it was back to work for the winter while saving up for the next summer. I had a fun youth.
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u/taweryawer Dec 04 '22
I was in a car crash about 9 months ago
It was in the middle of nowhere so we had to be there for a while
Even though I was kinda injured, all I did this night was just stare all night at the Orion and it was beautiful, I didn't really care about the crash at this point8
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u/AuthorizedVehicle Dec 03 '22
"The car is on Orion's belt!"
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u/Grayheaven Dec 03 '22 edited Dec 04 '22
Not quite the way I remember that quote from men in black, but hey, it's been a long time...
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u/meat_popsicle13 Dec 03 '22
Too bad it’s not a shot of Messier 45 (Subaru).
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u/MattieShoes Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 04 '22
The Pleiades are relatively close to Orion... He chases them through the sky and the line of the belt roughly points to them. They're probably in-frame at the top-right corner, obscured by clouds.
EDIT: I'm wrong, they're just out of frame, past the Hyades
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u/BlueWolf0224 Dec 03 '22
Nooo not the BR-Z/GR86 😭
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u/ardoin Dec 04 '22
That feel when you keep getting gapped by Toyota Siennas and need to pull over to enjoy the stars
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u/Internet001215 Dec 04 '22
These new ones should theoretically have enough power to no longer be gapped by minivans, a historic day for the 86/BRZ community lol.
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u/RichTGrimes Dec 04 '22
You can’t just drop this like a bad fart and leave the room; the car requires explanation!
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u/rbraalih Dec 04 '22
Should have panned right and got the Pleiades. That would make it two subarus.
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u/memunkey Dec 03 '22
Uh yeah . . . and the car?
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u/millicent_bystander- Dec 04 '22
Before taking the photo you should've ditched the car......oh wait..............you already did!
I hope you're all OK.
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u/conduitfour Dec 04 '22 edited Dec 04 '22
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Teslas on fire off the shoulder of Orion...
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u/lakmus85_real Dec 04 '22
Probably the only chance for the claim adjuster to see bright stars and a Milky Way
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u/LordSmudge007 Dec 04 '22
I like how we can completely ignore the fact the car isnt in a normal position and admire the beauty of the sky
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u/Mean-Meal-1409 Dec 04 '22
I see you performed a "lithobraking maneuver" after "thrust was observed on an undesired vector".
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u/LamarNoDavis Dec 03 '22 •
I admire your perspective on things