The night before last

I am in the city most nights. There, stray lights diminish the view of the sky.

And from our back-door, as in this picture, I can see the sky mostly only through the trees. Luckily in winter they have no leaves.

But the trees still have branches and finding a good spot to stand to see the stars I want to see is a little like a one-sided fencing dance. Back and forth, up and down, etc., until they all show at once.

Behind the branches, in the sorta middle of the picture is Orion's belt, three stars in a short line. One of Orion's shoulders is marked by Betelgeuse in the upper left, a sorta-reddish star. The other of his shoulders is marked by Bellatrix in the centre top, a blueish sort of star. And one of his heels is marked by Rigel in the bottom right of the photo.

Not the best picture of Orion's parts I could have made, but the best I could do without driving some distance. And I like the winter branches.