Saturday, December 8, 2007

2.6: Star Trails at Dawn


This picture was created as the Earth rotated on its axis. Over a period of time the camera to picked up the trails of the stars. The striaghtish lines show the stars close to clestial equator. Orion, Sirius, and Venus are three objects found in the picutre. This photo was taken by combining 477 consecutive 30 second digital exposures recorded over 4.3 hours.

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