Draco and Ursa Minor (Roll over image for labels)   HOME INDEX BACK NEXT
 

Draco, the dragon, winds through the northern circumpolar sky in a large backward-S shape. It curves around Ursa Minor (also known as the Little Dipper), and its tail stretches between Ursa Minor and Ursa Major (the Big Dipper).


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Image details:  3 images, each 30 seconds at ISO 1600, taken with a Canon 400D camera at a focal length of 18 mm.

July 2012