Observation by Gordon Mackie: The Passage of Time (star trails nightsc...

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Gordon Mackie

Observer

Gordon Mackie

Observed

2019 Oct 24 - 20:04

Uploaded

2019 Nov 10 - 22:01

Objects

Aurora

Equipment

Canon 760D DSLR

Exposure

See notes

Location

Grey Cairns of Camster, Caithness

Target name

Star Trails and Aurora

Title

The Passage of Time (star trails nightscape)

About this image

Sequence of consecutive images captured over 23 minutes and used to generate a star trails image using StarStax software.

Tripod mounted Canon 760D DSLR and Sigma 10-20mm lens at 10mm (16mm equiv) focal length. ISO 6400, f/3.5 and 30s exposures. Cairns lit by LED light panel located approx. 40m away.

Interestingly the long entrance corridors to this burial cairn align very closely with due east.

Files associated with this observation

PassageOfTime_CamsterCairns_GMackie_lowres.jpg (1009.5 kB)

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