surrounding charlottesville: random scenes Lamp Post, University of Virginia, 2009

I have no idea what category this should be in, certainly not

architecture of landscape, but they seem like the closest ones. I

guess fine art, then. ???

Anyway, this is a lamp post with four globes: three smaller ones

around a larger central one. The background is a single, white

column. The white balance was set for tungsten, which cast the

evening light on the column in blue. Exposing for the globes put the

background in deep shadow. I thought this came out pretty good.

Pretty good! Hah!

This is the very best photo ever of the Enterprise silhouetted against the quadruple star system of Beta Cygni.

And everyone thought that Albireo was a simple double star before your expedition! Great work, commander. Now get out of there before you get fried.

--Lannie

Disguised as a lamp post, no less.

Which of those stars is Albireo?

Thanks Gunnar.

The one with the little arrow at lower right.

Cygnus the Swan is also known as the Northern Cross. Albireo is Beta Cygni, implying that it is the second brightest star in the constellation. It is actually more like fifth.

--Lannie