I took some nighttime photos tonight, using a tripod and keeping the shutter open for the longest the camera would allow (30 seconds). I was able to capture my favorite constellation, Orion.
Click the images to see them all big and pretty.
You can clearly see the yellow and blue shoulders, the blue stars that make up the belt, the dagger hanging down from his belt, and the two lower stars, suggesting his legs.
This picture shows the streaking caused from keeping the shutter opened so long. The Earth is rotating, causing the smear effect.
In Photoshop, I simply clicked "Auto levels" and got this amazing daytime-like result:
And finally, here is the moon, lording over the infinitely brighter, but inconceivably further, stars.
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