darrellbear t1_iuduzht wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:11 PM

You also managed to catch the head of Taurus the Bull at upper right--the V shaped asterism is the Hyades star cluster, which forms the bull's head. The red star there is Aldebaran, the Eye of the Bull. If you extend the two legs of the V toward the upper left the two bright stars you see are the tips of the bull's horns. The planet Mars is presently hanging out between the tips of the horns; I don't see it in the image.

Betelgeuse is the bright reddish star at Orion's top left (his right shoulder as he's facing us).

asu1474 OP t1_iudvk9i wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:16 PM

Yeah, I know. Just used a short title to point to the area. I posted the annotations link in the comments if anyone's interested in the details.

asu1474 OP t1_iudxbre wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:28 PM

This Orion picture was taken last winter, so there's no Mars there.

Here's the one of the Taurus's area taken 4 days ago. You can see the Mars is the brightest object at the left/middle (image turned clockwise 90°, so left side is the horizon): https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/ygz50h/october_night_sky