Sunday, February 10, 2013

South Pole

South Celestial Pole_2

The south celestial pole becomes evident in this star trail image.  The large and small Magellanic Clouds can also be seen.  This is approximately 15 minutes of exposure time.  If you look very closely just to the right of the celestial pole you will notice a distinctly green 'star trail' (nearly vertical).  That is actually comet Lemmon (C/2012 F6).  Thanks to Len for finding this one for me.

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