Stars of Cassiopeia, Perseus and Cepheus trail around the North Star, Polaris in this stacked image showing the static stars and their trails.

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A combination of two images, one tracking the stars and one allowing the stars to trail during the exposure sequence.

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Size: 6000px × 4043px
Location: Newport, South Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Alan Potts / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: astronomy, astrophotography, camera, cassiopeia, celestial, cosmic, cosmology, earth, exposure, firmament, heavens, long, minor, navigation, night, nightsky, north, perseids, perseus, polaris, pole, rotation, sky, star, stars, time, trails, tripod, universe, ursa