"Star trails" redirects here. For the music album, see Star Trails.
All the stars in the night sky appear to circle the celestial pole (the south pole in this photo). Over a period of several hours, this apparent motion leaves star trails.[1]Star trail photographed from Mount Wellington, Tasmania. Aurora australis visible in the background.Star trail photography on salt lake in Lut desert in Iran
A star trail is a type of photograph that uses long exposure times to capture diurnal circles, the apparent motion of stars in the night sky due to Earth's rotation. A star-trail photograph shows individual stars as streaks across the image, with longer exposures yielding longer arcs. The term is used for similar photos captured elsewhere, such as on board the International Space Station and on Mars.[2][3]
Typical shutter speeds for a star trail range from 15 minutes to several hours, requiring a "Bulb" setting on the camera to open the shutter for a period longer than usual. However, a more practiced technique is to blend a number of frames together to create the final star trail image.[4]
Star trails have been used by professional astronomers to measure the quality of observing locations for major telescopes.
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