Enough clear photographs to make a startrails image!
I just now realized I could do this, using a program called StarStaX. This is badass, and I am going to be doing more of it. YES!
Originally I had intended to use my intervalometer to shoot exposures all night (which worked) but something I didn’t anticipate ruined the fun: DEW on the lens! Who knew. In any event, a totally full moon also blew out the sky and prevented me from getting many stars. The images used to build the star trails picture you see above were captured before the moon rose above the tree line behind me.
There’s always next time.
Tags: astrophotography, cosmology, general nerdery, little mind-blowing things, our incredible universe, photography, timelapse, yesss
