APOD
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Stars Trail over Ragusa
Explanation: In trying times, stars still trail in the night . Taken on March 14, this night skyscape was made by combining 230 exposures each 15 seconds long to follow the stars' circular paths. The camera was fixed to a tripod on an isolated terrace near the center of Ragusa, Italy, on the island of Sicily. But the night sky was shared around the rotating planet . A friend to celestial navigators and astrophotographers alike Polaris, the north star , makes the short bright trail near the center of the concentric celestial arcs .
| Date | March 28, 2020 |
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| Credit | Image Credit & Copyright: Gianni Tumino |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |