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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Savudrija Star Trails
NASA ^ | 5 Jun, 2025 | Image Credit & Copyright: Branko Nadj

Posted on 06/05/2025 2:02:50 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Savudrija lighthouse shines along the coast near the northern end of the Istrian peninsula in this well-composed night skyscape. A navigational aid for sailors on the Adriatic Sea, the historic lighthouse was constructed in the early 19th century. But Polaris, an even older aid to navigation, shines in the sky above. Alpha star of the constellation Ursa Minor, Polaris is also known as the North Star. In this scene Polaris forms the shortest bright arc near the North Celestial Pole, the extension of Earth's axis of rotation into space. Of course, the North Celestial Pole lies exactly at the center of all the concentric star trails. The composite image is a digital stack of 400 exposures, each 30 seconds long, taken with camera and tripod fixed to a rotating planet.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 06/05/2025 2:02:50 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 06/05/2025 2:03:22 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; A Navy Vet; A_perfect_lady; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; ...
Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 06/05/2025 2:04:01 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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bttt


4 posted on 06/05/2025 2:50:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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I always like star trail pics. They are so cool.


5 posted on 06/05/2025 4:18:42 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! πŸ”­)
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” The composite image is a digital stack of 400 exposures, “

Just me, but this drives me a bit crazy. All these mega-processed images.

I want to go out and see stuff.


6 posted on 06/05/2025 8:11:28 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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It has been said that the peoples of the Northern Hemisphere developed more quickly than the peoples of the Southern Hemisphere merely due to the fact that they had such an easy navigational guide as Polaris. A guiding star by land or by sea.


7 posted on 06/05/2025 8:21:49 PM PDT by HandyDandy (β€œBorders, language and culture.” Michael Savage)
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