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The deep night of the Karoo Desert has taken us in Matjiesfontein, where we find ourselves in a place of stark and enigmatic beauty. Located around 250 kilometres north-west of Cape Town, this area boasts some of the most incredible night skies, with minimal light pollution. This episode, which was produced in February 2024, is the crossover episode with Orbit Mzansi: Photography episode Season 2024-EP04 - Train station. In this episode, we're going to take a look at both the dark night sky and the landscape with night sky photos. There's also one with a special lens effect (no, you won't see any aliens or the devil). Tonight we see the following star signs and stars in Matjiesfontein. - Carina (The Keel) with Canopus Suhel (α Car), Miaplacidus (β Car), Avior (ε Car), Aspidiske (ι Car / Turais), Scutulum (ι Car) - Crux (The Southern Cross) with Acrux (α1 Cru, α2 Cru) and Gacrux (γ Cru) - Centaurus with Alnair, Cen,  - Vela (The Sails) with Alsephina (δ Vel), Suhail (γ Vel / γ2 Vel), Al Suhail al Wazn (λ Vel) - Puppis with Naos (ζ Pup), Suhail Hadar (ζ Pup), Regor (γ2 Pup) - Triangulum Australe with Atria, TrA - Taurus (Tauri) with Aldebaran - Orion (shoulder of the hunter) with Beteigeuz,  - Cetus with Diphda, Dheneb, Al Naymat I, Baten Kaitos, Sadr al Kaitos I, Sadr al Kaitos IV - Phoenix with Alrial V - Hydra with Alphard, Minazal V, Ukdah II - Canis Minor with Gomeisa, Procyon - Ari with Hamal, Sheratan, Bharani, Gorgonea Tertia, Gorgonea Quarta - Capella with Sirius, Pullox, Rigel - Bellatrix - Leo with Regulus  - Volans - Other Objects: Gem Cluster, Pleiades, NGC 292 (Small Magellanic Cloud), NGC 3372 (Carina Nebula eta Car Nebula). All pictures licensed: CC-BY 4.0 Please credit as follows Photo: Sven Nemeth Published by: Nemeth/Star Productions (https://nemethstarproductions.eu)