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I was very pleased to get this celestial equator one dark night and would love to say it's one in camera shot. Instead I processed the star trails by stacking shots taken over 90 minutes, & used the lookout I Lightpainted when out with epz member Diana recently.
I must go back to the lookout when there is no moon & try again.
The star trails were saturated to accentuate the different colours in the stars that we don't see with the naked eye.
| Title: | Celestial Skies |
| Username: | 
pennyspike |
| Uploaded: | 25 Sep 2010 - 8:02 PM |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 7D |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Tags: | Celestial equator, Diana, Digitally manipulated, Dorset, Landscape / travel, Night / low light, Night photography, Shepherds lookout, Specialist / abstract, Star-trails |
| Votes: | 21 |
| Group Event: | Group: NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY/LIGHT PAINTING |
| Modifications Welcome (Upload a Modification) |
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Cracking image, love this and the processing.
john
Penny I love it 
Makes you go dizzy.... just like a night stargazing!
Tim
Well crafted work here Penny, lots of patience needed to get this right.
Dougie
Well, you fooled me, I thought it was one shot, very impressive.
Oh dear Diana,i thought you said it was where the split straight line when the stars went in opposite directions, What's it called then?
This is Penny, on the earthly equator. (Well almost)
Tried to do star trails but it poured with rain,
Only intermiitent internet conection
Penny
so glad your back 
it is that spilt yes ....
from Wiki.....
" the celestial equator tilts towards the southern (or northern) horizon. The celestial equator is defined to be infinitely distant (since it is on the celestial sphere); thus the observer always sees the ends of the semicircle disappear over the horizon exactly due east and due west, regardless of the observer's position on Earth. At all latitudes the celestial equator appears perfectly straight because the observer is only finitely far from the plane of the celestial equator but infinitely far from the celestial equator itself. "
I have only ever seen it on the horizon myself
it poured in Prague too
Diana
plus...whilst it is still in my brain .....
the celestial equator is divided and calculated by a branch of astronomy called spherical astronomy
the divisions are created by plane surfaces passing through it, which then produce the circles...there are Great circles and Small circles I'll explain more when you are next over to me its a bit complex to type out
see you in November.....
Diana
xx
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