This is a 31-minute time exposure, my first with my new Canon R8. The brightest trail is Jupiter.

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This is a 31-minute time exposure, my first with my new Canon R8. The brightest trail is Jupiter; just to its right is the orange star Aldebaran in the V-shaped head of Taurus the Bull. Above that we see a cluster of blue trails, the young hot stars of the Pleiades open star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters. The bottom right quadrant is brighter than the rest of the picture because it's picking up reflected light from the road and lawns. Notice the slight curvature in most of the stars, showing their circular journey around the North Star; the trails on the lower right side are straight because they're at the celestial equator.

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Size: 5699px × 3800px
Location: Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada
Photo credit: © Brett Zimmerman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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