Just fix your camera to a tripod and you too can make an image of graceful trails traced by the stars [
http://www.astropix…] as planet Earth rotates on its axis. Made on September 14 from Montlaux, France, this wide-angle view nicely shows [
http://www.koenvang…] the stars near the celestial equator tracing nearly straight lines in projection, while stars north and south [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of the equator, respectively, appear to circle [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the north and south celestial poles [
http://en.wikipedia…]. Featured are the stars of Orion (right of center), brilliant Venus rising (left) as bright star Sirius rises in the south (bottom center), and a polar orbiting Iridium satellite [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] (upper left). Beautiful dawn sky colors seem painted along the horizon. This remarkable picture was constructed from 477 consecutive 30 second digital exposures recorded over 4.3 hours and later combined [
http://www.startrai…].
Explanation
Just fix your camera to a tripod and you too can make an image of graceful trails traced by the stars [
http://www.astropix…] as planet Earth rotates on its axis. Made on September 14 from Montlaux, France, this wide-angle view nicely shows [
http://www.koenvang…] the stars near the celestial equator tracing nearly straight lines in projection, while stars north and south [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of the equator, respectively, appear to circle [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the north and south celestial poles [
http://en.wikipedia…]. Featured are the stars of Orion (right of center), brilliant Venus rising (left) as bright star Sirius rises in the south (bottom center), and a polar orbiting Iridium satellite [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] (upper left). Beautiful dawn sky colors seem painted along the horizon. This remarkable picture was constructed from 477 consecutive 30 second digital exposures recorded over 4.3 hours and later combined [
http://www.startrai…].
Explanation
