Diurnal Motion over 12 hours
Taken by Shiraishi on December 29, 2013 @ Kumagaya-shi, Saitama, Japan
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The diurnal motion in the northern sky around Polaris over half a day. In Japan, near the Winter Solstice, a night lasts more than 14 hours, and the time span in which stars are visible lasts more than 12 hours. This photo is a composite of images from 17:35 Dec. 28 to 6:00 Dec. 29 (12 hours 25 minutes), and every star draws a trail over half circle. It can be seen that Polaris also turns around the celestrial north pole. A dashed line is a trail of ISS with -4.2 mag. Nikon COOLPIX P510 digital camera; ISO 400, F3.0, 4s exposure at maximum, 30s interval, f=17mm (24mm optical, x0.7 wide-conversion), 1488 images composited.
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Great shot,star trails are the best...
Posted by HP1954 2013-12-28 22:46:22
 
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