The North Celestial Pole
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Object
The North Celestial Pole
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Description
As the earth rotates, the stars appear to revolve around the celestial north pole. In this shot of star trails centered on Polaris. Polaris, the north star is the bright streak near the center of the image. As you can see in this image, Polaris is not quite at the celestial north pole. -
Image
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Scope
Canon 18-50 camera lens at 29mm and f7.1
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Camera
Canon 400D
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Mount
Tripod
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Filters
none
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Guiding
none
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Exposure Info
2hours exposure time (12x5min) -
Date
09/22/2007
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Copyright
Photo copyright Thomas Kerns, Beluga Lake Observatory
