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It's not obvious to the unaided human eye, but the stars are many different colours. I recommend grabbing the full sized image to really see this, as DA's preview image is rather desaturated.

This is a back garden astronomical shot, taken using nothing more than my camera and a tripod. Comparing the image here with the sky as shown in Stellarium (an excellent, free, night sky program), the camera seems to have been pointing to azimuth 270° at altitude 60°. The EXIF time, and knowing that I'm in the UK, should be all you need to find this patch of sky and identify the stars.

These stars are actually these colours. The shot has been enhanced (a contemporaneous photo of the inside of the lens cap was used to eliminate hot pixels, some sensor noise etc) but basically this is the sky above my house as I type.

If you own an Olympus micro four thirds with the kit zoom lens, you will know that it's practically impossible to focus in the dark, and the lens doesn't have markings. It took a good few shots before I found focus by trial and error!

Description
It's not obvious to the unaided human eye, but the stars are many different colours. I recommend grabbing the full sized image to really see this, as DA's preview image is rather desaturated.

This is a back garden astronomical shot, taken using nothing more than my camera and a tripod. Comparing the image here with the sky as shown in Stellarium (an excellent, free, night sky program), the camera seems to have been pointing to azimuth 270° at altitude 60°. The EXIF time, and knowing that I'm in the UK, should be all you need to find this patch of sky and identify the stars.

These stars are actually these colours. The shot has been enhanced (a contemporaneous photo of the inside of the lens cap was used to eliminate hot pixels, some sensor noise etc) but basically this is the sky above my house as I type.

If you own an Olympus micro four thirds with the kit zoom lens, you will know that it's practically impossible to focus in the dark, and the lens doesn't have markings. It took a good few shots before I found focus by trial and error!