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Circumpolar and Meteor

author: L.Laveder/Novapix

reference: a-pas01-00017

Image Size 300 DPI: 30 * 20 cm

By pointing a camera towards the north at night, we can record the paths of stars which never set. They appear to circle the apparent position of the Earth's axis of rotation projected on the sky. On this 1 hour exposure, a shooting star appears near the pole star. 

Keywords for this photo:

1995 - ASTRONOMY - CIRCUMPOLAR - FIREBALL - FRANCE - LANDSCAPE - LIGHT POLLUTION - METEOR - NIGHT - NORTH CELESTIAL POLE - POLARIS - POLE STAR - ROTATION - SHOOTING STAR - STAR - STAR TRAILS - STARRY SKY -