Star Trails Over Mauna Kea

This classic star trail image was obtained with a digital camera using the technique described in the March, 2004 Sky and Telescope magazine. Over 150 individual one-minute digital images were stacked in Photoshop to create this image. A first-quarter moon illuminated the surrounding landscape for the duration of the exposures.

NOTE: These images were used to create a High-Definition video time-lapse movie

Credit:

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

About the Image

Id:gemini-maunakea-inversion
Type:Photographic
Release date:Sept. 3, 2020, 10 a.m.
Size:2474 x 1653 px

About the Object

Name:Maunakea
Category:Hawai‘i

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