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Warped Sky: Star Trails over Arches National Park
* Image Credit & Copyright: Vincent Brady
Explanation:
What's happened to the sky? A time warp, of sorts, and a digital space warp too. The time warp occurs because this image captured in a single frame a two and a half hour exposure of the night sky. As a result, prominent star trails are visible. The space warp occurs because the picture is actually a full 360 degree panorama, horizontally compressed to fit your browser. As the Earth rotated, stars appeared to circle both the North Celestial Pole, on the left, and the South Celestial Pole, just below the horizon on the right. The above panorama over Arches National Park in Utah, USA, was captured two weeks ago during early morning hours. While the eye-catching texture of ancient layered sandstone covers the image foreground, twenty-meter tall Delicate Arch is visible on the far right, and the distant arch of our Milky Way Galaxy is visible near the image center.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140317.html
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APOD: 2014 March 17 - Warped Sky: Star Trails over Arches National Park
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Little Planet Astro Camp
* Image Credit & Copyright: György Soponyai
Explanation:
Day and night on this little planet look a lot like day and night on planet Earth. In fact, the images used to construct the little planet projection, a digitally warped and stitched mosaic covering 360x180 degrees, were taken during day and night near Tarján, Hungary, planet Earth. They span a successful 33-hour-long photo experiment at July's Hungarian Astronomical Association Astro Camp. The time-series composite follows the solar disk in 20 minute intervals from sunrise to sunset and over six hours of star trails in the northern night sky centered on the North Celestial Pole near bright star Polaris. The orbiting International Space Station traced the offset arc across the northern night. Below the little planet's nightside horizon, red light lamps of fellow astro-campers left the night-long, dancing trails.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160902.html
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APOD: 2016 September 2 - Little Planet Astro Camp
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2016 October 15 - Gemini Observatory North
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2017 August 30 - Panoramic Eclipse Composite with Star Trails
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Bow Tie Moon and Star Trails
* Image Credit & Copyright: Haitong Yu
Explanation:
On January 31, a leisurely lunar eclipse was enjoyed from all over the night side of planet Earth, the first of three consecutive total eclipses of the Moon. This dramatic time-lapse image followed the celestial performance for over three hours in a combined series of exposures from Hebei Province in Northern China. Fixed to a tripod, the camera records the Full Moon sliding through a clear night sky. Too bright just before and after the eclipse, the Moon's bow tie-shaped trail grows narrow and red during the darker total eclipse phase that lasted an hour and 16 minutes. In the distant background are the colorful trails of stars in concentric arcs above and below the celestial equator.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180208.html
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APOD: 2018 February 8 - Bow Tie Moon and Star Trails
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2018 July 13 - Star Trails and the Bracewell Radio Sundial
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Little Planet Lookout
* Image Credit & Copyright: Gyorgy Soponyai
Explanation:
Don't panic. This little planet projection looks confusing, but it's actually just a digitally warped and stitched, nadir centered mosaic of images that covers nearly 360x180 degrees. The images were taken on the night of October 31 from a 30 meter tall hill-top lookout tower near Tatabanya, Hungary, planet Earth. The laticed lookout tower construction was converted from a local mine elevator. Since planet Earth is rotating, the 126 frames of 75 second long exposures also show warped, concentric star trails with the north celestial pole at the left. Of course at this location the south celestial pole is just right of center but below the the little planet's horizon. the little planet's horizon.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181109.html
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APOD: 2018 November 9 - Little Planet Lookout
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Mount Everest Star Trails
* Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN)
Explanation:
The highest peak on planet Earth is framed in this mountain and night skyscape. On September 30, the digital stack of 240 sequential exposures made with a camera fixed to a tripod at an Everest Base Camp captured the sheer north face of the Himalayan mountain and foreground illuminated by bright moonlight. Taken over 1.5 hours, the sequence also recorded colorful star trails. Reflecting the planet's daily rotation on its axis, their motion is along gentle concentric arcs centered on the south celestial pole, a point well below the rugged horizon. The color of the trails actually indicates the temperatures of the stars. Blueish hues are from hotter stars, and yellow to reddish hues are from stars cooler than the Sun.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181201.html
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APOD: 2018 December 1 - Mount Everest Star Trails
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Stars Trail over Ragusa
* Image Credit & Copyright: Gianni Tumino
Explanation:
In trying times, stars still trail in the night. Taken on March 14, this night skyscape was made by combining 230 exposures each 15 seconds long to follow the stars' circular paths. The camera was fixed to a tripod on an isolated terrace near the center of Ragusa, Italy, on the island of Sicily. But the night sky was shared around the rotating planet. A friend to celestial navigators and astrophotographers alike Polaris, the north star, makes the short bright trail near the center of the concentric celestial arcs.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200328.html
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APOD: 2020 March 28 - Stars Trail over Ragusa
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Cosmos in Reflection
* Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN)
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Explanation:
During the day, over 12,000 large mirrors reflect sunlight at the 100-megawatt, molten-salt, solar thermal power plant at the western edge of the Gobi desert near Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China. Individual mirror panels turn to track the sun like sunflowers. They conspire to act as a single super mirror reflecting the sunlight toward a fixed position, the power station's central tower. During the night the mirrors stand motionless though. They reflect the light of the countless distant stars, clusters and nebulae of the Milky Way and beyond. This sci-fi night skyscape was created with a camera fixed to a tripod near the edge of the giant mirror matrix on September 15. The camera's combined sequence of digital exposures captures concentric arcs of celestial star trails through the night with star trails in surreal mirrored reflection.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230922.html
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TWAN | Jeff Dai
Dedicated nightscape photographer who spends most of his imaging nights in Tibet.TWAN
11 Hour Star Trails
* Credit & Copyright: Josch Hambsch
Explanation:
Fix your camera to a tripod, lock the shutter open, and you can make an image of star trails - graceful concentric arcs traced by the stars as planet Earth rotates on its axis. Of course, the length of the star trails will depend on the exposure time. While exposures lasting just five minutes produce a significant arc, in about 12 hours a given star would trace out half a circle. But in any long exposure, the background glow from light-polluted skies can build up to wash out the trails. Still, astronomer Josch Hambsch produced this stunning composite of star trails around the South Celestial Pole with an effective "all night" exposure time of almost 11 hours. To do it, he combined 128 consecutive five minute long digital exposures recorded in very dark night skies above Namibia. In his final image, the background glow on the right is due in part to the faint, arcing Milky Way.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060915.html
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APOD: 2006 September 15 - 11 Hour Star Trails
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Annapurna Star Trails
* Credit & Copyright: Wang Jinglei, Jia Hao
Explanation: In myth, Atlas holds up the heavens. But in this moonlit mountainscape, peaks of the Himalayan Annapurna Range appear to prop up the sky as seen from Ghandruk, Nepal. From left to right the three main peaks are Annapurna South (7,219 meters), Hiunchuli (6,441 meters), and Machapuchare (6,995 meters). Of course the mountains are moving not the stars, the Earth's rotation about its axis causing the concentric star trails recorded in the time exposure. Positioned above Annapurna South, the North Celestial Pole is easily identified as the point at the center of all the star trail arcs. The star Polaris, also known as the North Star, made the very short and bright arc closest to the North Celestial Pole.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091128.html
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APOD: 2009 November 28 - Annapurna Star Trails
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Warped Sky: Star Trails Panorama
* Credit & Copyright: Peter Ward
Explanation:
What's happened to the sky? A time warp, of sorts, and a digital space warp too. The time warp occurs because this image captured in a single frame a four hour exposure of the night sky. As a result, prominent star trails are visible. The space warp occurs because the picture is actually a full 360 degree panorama, horizontally compressed to fit your browser. As the Earth rotated, stars appeared to circle both the South Celestial Pole, on the left, and the North Celestial Pole, just below the horizon on the right. The image captured the sky over Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, including the domes of two large telescopes illuminated by red lighting. A horizontally unwarped image is visible by clicking on the image.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100711.html
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APOD: 2010 July 11 - Warped Sky: Star Trails Panorama
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2012 August 2 - South Pole Star Trails
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Star Trails above Table Mountain
* Image Credit & Copyright: Eric Nathan
Explanation:
Stars trail above and urban lights sprawl below in this moonlit nightscape from Cape Town, South Africa, planet Earth. The looming form of Table Mountain almost seems to hold terrestrial lights at bay while the stars circle the planet's South Celestial Pole. This modern perspective on the natural night sky was captured in June 2014, the scene composed of over nine hundred, stacked 30 second exposures. The stunning result was chosen as the winner in the Against the Lights category, a selection from over 800 entries in The World at Night's 2015 International Earth and Sky Photo Contest.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150625.html
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APOD: 2015 June 25 - Star Trails Above Table Mountain
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Star Trails at Dawn
* Credit & Copyright: Koen van Gorp
Explanation:
Just fix your camera to a tripod and you too can make an image of graceful trails traced by the stars as planet Earth rotates on its axis. Made on September 14 from Montlaux, France, this wide-angle view nicely shows the stars near the celestial equator tracing nearly straight lines in projection, while stars north and south of the equator, respectively, appear to circle the north and south celestial poles. 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 (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
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071208.html
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APOD: 2007 December 8 - Star Trails at Dawn
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2009 March 14 - Haute-Provence Star Trails
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
North Celestial Tree
* Image Credit & Copyright: Jerónimo Losada
Explanation:
If you climbed this magnificent tree, it looks like you could reach out and touch the North Celestial Pole at the center of all the star trail arcs. The well-composed image was recorded over a period of nearly 2 hours as a series of 30 second long, consecutive exposures on the night of October 5. The exposures were made with a digital camera fixed to a tripod near Almaden de la Plata, province of Seville, in southern Spain, planet Earth. Of course, the graceful star trails reflect the Earth's daily rotation around its axis. By extension, the axis of rotation leads to the center of the concentric arcs in the night sky. Convenient for northern hemisphere night sky photographers and celestial navigators alike, the bright star Polaris is very close to the North Celestial Pole and so makes the short bright trail in the central gap between the leafy branches.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131023.html
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APOD: 2013 October 23 - North Celestial Tree
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
A Night at Poker Flat
* Image Credit: NASA / Jamie Adkins
Explanation:
Four NASA suborbital sounding rockets leapt into the night on January 26, from the University of Alaska's Poker Flat Research Range. This time lapse composite image follows all four launches of the small, multi-stage rockets to explore winter's mesmerizing, aurora-filled skies. During the exposures, stars trailed around the North Celestial Pole, high above the horizon at the site 30 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. Lidar, beams of pulsed green lasers, also left traces through the scene. Operating successfully, the payloads lofted were two Mesosphere-Lower Thermosphere Turbulence Experiments (M-TeX) and two Mesospheric Inversion-layer Stratified Turbulence (MIST) experiments, creating vapor trails at high altitudes to be tracked by ground-based observations.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1501/PFlatLaunch_compositeJan26_0.jpg
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The Windmill and the Star Trails
* Image Credit & Copyright: Antonio Gonzalez
Explanation:
Stars can't turn these old wooden arms, but it does look like they might in this scene from a rotating planet. The well-composed night skyscape was recorded from Garafia, a municipality on the island of La Palma, Canary Islands, planet Earth. The center of the once working windmill, retired since 1953, is lined-up with the north celestial pole, the planet's rotation axis projected on to the northern sky. From a camera fixed to a tripod, the star trails are a reflection of the planet's rotation traced in a digital composite of 39 sequential exposures each 25 seconds long. Brought out by highlighting the final exposure in the sequence, the stars themselves appear at the ends of their short concentric arcs. A faint band of winter's Milky Way and even a diffuse glow from our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy also shine in the night.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200417.html
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APOD: 2020 April 17 - The Windmill and the Star Trails
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
North Celestial Aurora
* Image Credit & Copyright: Chirag Upreti
Explanation:
Graceful star trail arcs reflect planet Earth's daily rotation in this colorful night skyscape. To create the timelapse composite, on May 12 consecutive exposures were recorded with a camera fixed to a tripod on the shores of the Ashokan Reservoir, in the Catskills region of New York, USA. North star Polaris is near the center of the star trail arcs. The broad trail of a waxing crescent Moon is on the left, casting a strong reflection across the reservoir waters. With intense solar activity driving recent geomagnetic storms, the colorful aurora borealis or northern lights, rare to the region, shine under Polaris and the north celestial pole.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240518.html
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APOD: 2024 May 18 - North Celestial Aurora
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Sky Full of Arcs
* Image Credit & Copyright: Rory Gannaway
Explanation:
On August 11 a Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched from a rotating planet. With a small satellite on board its mission was dubbed A Sky Full of SARs (Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites), departing for low Earth orbit from Mahia Peninsula on New Zealand's north island. The fiery trace of the Electron's graceful launch arc is toward the east in this southern sea and skyscape, a composite of 50 consecutive frames taken over 2.5 hours. Fixed to a tripod, the camera was pointing directly at the South Celestial Pole, the extension of planet Earth's axis of rotation in to space. But no bright star marks that location in the southern hemisphere's night sky. Still, the South Celestial Pole is easy to spot. It lies at the center of the concentric star trail arcs that fill the skyward field of view.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240817.html
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APOD: 2024 August 17 - Sky Full of Arcs
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2020 February 12 - Star Trails of the North and South
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2020 April 7 - A Path North
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