Startrails over the VLT platform

A long series of exposure at night captures these impressive star trails over ESO’s Paranal observatory. The stars appear as trails because of the apparent motion of the sky, which is, in fact, due to the rotation of the Earth on its own axis.

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ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)

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Id:trailsouth-cc
Type:Foto
Udgivelsesdato:21. februar 2013 21:43
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Navn:Auxiliary Telescopes
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky
Kategori:Paranal

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