I’m still somewhat surprised that one can see the Orion Nebula in photos taken with a phone camera now. It was good to see he’s still in the hunt up there, soon he’ll disappear again until next fall.

A deliberately slightly out of focus shot better shows differences in stellar surface temperatures.

<img src=“https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/106250/2025/32e7d4e885.jpg" width=“450” height=“600” alt=“Cool reddish Betelgeuse glowers at Orion’s (not photos) upper left, while Rigel (lower right), Bellatrix (upper right), and the belt stars (Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka, L to R) are all hotter blue-white stars. Saiph (lower left, under the “sword”) just don’t get no respect.">