Kelly Watch The Stars

 Last Friday night I broke with tradition and went out.  And didn't get back to the comforting embrace of Château DeVice and into bed until almost the Witching Hour!
 Have no fear, though.  I wasn't out on the lash or terrorising the neighbourhood as I might once have done in my yoof.  No, making the most of the first clear late evening/early night sky in what feels like months, I wandered up Madam's Lane (not a euphemism) with Camera and took some photos as the stars came out.
 As it was too dark to use Camera's panoramic function, I had to resort to sticking two photos together to get these wider shots spanning two compass points.  Apologies for the rather noticeable join lines - I'm sure there must be some sort of software for smoothing them out, but that would entail me knowing about such things and being able to use it!  Oh, and another thing: apart from the labelled photos, I haven't engaged in any editing/brightening jiggery-pokery with these images - they are just as they came out of Camera (which is why the stars are so dim).

From left to right, this is the view West to North at just gone 10pm (not long after the sun had set).  As there was still plenty of light, I only set Camera's exposure time to 15 seconds rather than the usual 30 for night sky shots.

Above we have the view East to South over the fields. Delphinus is slap bang in the middle of the left side, but so faint as to be barely noticeable. Altair, the primary star of the constellation Aquila however, is very noticeable right in the centre of the whole image.

This is South to West with the constellation Scorpius rising behind the transmitter tower, Jupiter (the bright dot left of and below the Moon), with Virgo and Leo in the right of this image.  You may be unsurprised to know that there is a NIghtship stop just up the lane from the tower.

And here we are at 10:20pm back at the West to North view.  The bright light just to the left of the join line is Cromer Lighthouse, and a little higher and further left (above the edge of the 'W' cut-out in the trees) is Venus.

Looking straight up, these are the highest ranking Bayer designated stars of the visible portions of their respective constellations.

This shot South over the transmitter tower at 10:40 pm is labelled with the Bayer Alpha stars, plus Saturn and Jupiter.

This final view North has Auriga dead centre just above the clouded horizon, with Perseus to the right, Cromer Lighthouse and Venus (about to duck behind the trees) on the left, with Ursa Major hovering over them at the top of the image.

EDIT 20:00 29/06/2018: Something I neglected to mention originally (which Dinahmow queried and Eros answered - someone's been paying attention) is that beneath those clouds is the North Sea, and all those dim orange lights along the horizon are the windfarms, while the brighter ones are ships and rigs. 

::

The post title is, of course, the title of Air's Kelly Watch The Stars from 1998.  In yet another break with tradition, instead of posting the official video, I have plumped for this live version from 2007.  Enjoy (if French electronica is your thing)!