File:Extreme Southern Star Trails (gemini-20030621gsextremestartrails).tiff
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Stars surrounding the South Celestial Pole appear to spin over the Gemini South dome in this digital star trail image. Images obtained every minute for a period of about 4.5 hours were stacked in Photoshop to create this image.
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English: Stars surrounding the South Celestial Pole appear to spin over the Gemini South dome in this digital star trail image. Images obtained every minute for a period of about 4.5 hours were stacked in Photoshop to create this image. Technical Details: This view was taken on a moonless night. The total exposure time was approximately 4.5 hours, each image 55 seconds long. |
Date | 21 June 2003 (upload date) |
Source | Extreme Southern Star Trails |
Author | International Gemini Observatory |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Camera model | NIKON D1X |
Author | Gemini Observatory |
Exposure time | 57/1 sec (57) |
F-number | f/2.8 |
Date and time of data generation | 15:15, 21 June 2003 |
Lens focal length | 14 mm |
Width | 3,008 px |
Height | 1,960 px |
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Compression scheme | LZW |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Number of rows per strip | 29 |
Horizontal resolution | 240 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 240 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 21.1 (Windows) |
File change date and time | 22:13, 14 April 2020 |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Exif version | 2.1 |
Date and time of digitizing | 15:15, 21 June 2003 |
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Image compression mode | 4 |
APEX shutter speed | −5.83289 |
APEX aperture | 2.970854 |
APEX exposure bias | −1.3333333333333 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 4 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 4 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |