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Star trails around north celestial pole

auteur: F.Espenak/Novapix

référence: a-pas01-00006

Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 13 cm

Long exposure image; because the earth rotates on it's own axis, during the exposure the stars seem to revolve around a point in the sky very near to Polaris.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - CIRCUMPOLAR - LANDSCAPE - NIGHT - NORTH CELESTIAL POLE - NORTHERN HEMISPHERE - POLE STAR - ROTATION - SILHOUETTE - STAR - STAR TRAILS - STARRY SKY -