Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2020 March 28
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                           Stars Trail over Ragusa
                Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Gianni Tumino

   Explanation: In trying times, stars still [5]trail in the night. Taken
   on March 14, this night skyscape was made by combining 230 exposures
   each 15 seconds long to follow the stars' circular paths. The camera
   was fixed to a tripod on an isolated terrace near the center of Ragusa,
   Italy, on the island of Sicily. But the night sky was shared around
   [6]the rotating planet. A friend to celestial navigators and
   astrophotographers alike [7]Polaris, the north star, makes the short
   bright trail near the center of the concentric [8]celestial arcs.

                   Tomorrow's picture: Orion, Orion, Orion
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   4. https://www.facebook.com/giovanni.tumino.58
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