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March 06 2010 Round Polar Trail

I took this long exposition in the middle of a pine forest, near the Atlantic Ocean, in Fonte-da-Telha, Portugal, facing to North where is situated the region of Lisbon ( about 20Km away). To record the motion of the stars in th region of Celestial Pole, I registered with my Canon 50D, 180 images, each one of 30 seconds, later I combined them all manually,in Photoshop CS3 to produce a single image with the path of each star, sorrounding the Star Pole.The photograph are a total exposure time of 90 minutes, having started at 21:08 and ended at 22:45. In the image we can enjoy the path of many stars and constellations like Ursa Major ( at right ), Ursa Minor and the Pole Star ( middle of the image ) as well Draco, and partially some constellations like: Cepheus, Cassiopeia and Perseus.The bright star in the left top of the image is the star, Capella. We also can see many pine trees in the field and some clouds in the bottom. By Miguel Claro http://miguelclaro.com
Submitted by: Miguel Claro (nerbyon)	Location: Fonte-de-Telha, Portugal	Date: February 02 2010

March 06 2010

Round Polar Trail