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I've added this article to the DYK nominations today:
Let's see if it makes it to the front page! AstroCog ( talk) 15:47, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
I think the article should refer to the star trails in the north being centered on the north celestial pole, rather than on Polaris. At present, Polaris is 45 arc-minutes from the north celestial pole (about one and a half moon diameters). The article refers to testing the seeing at an observing site by examining the Polaris star trails. Two star trail photographs in the article clearly show Polaris leaving an arc.
NitPicker769 ( talk) 03:21, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
This sentence from the article:
leaves me confused. Long exposure times should allow slower films to be used, shouldn't they?
or is it a case of: "The whole idea is impossible, but if you use long exposures and fast film, it becomes feasible"?
NitPicker769 ( talk) 16:03, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
![]() | A fact from Star trail appeared on Wikipedia's
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I've added this article to the DYK nominations today:
Let's see if it makes it to the front page! AstroCog ( talk) 15:47, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
I think the article should refer to the star trails in the north being centered on the north celestial pole, rather than on Polaris. At present, Polaris is 45 arc-minutes from the north celestial pole (about one and a half moon diameters). The article refers to testing the seeing at an observing site by examining the Polaris star trails. Two star trail photographs in the article clearly show Polaris leaving an arc.
NitPicker769 ( talk) 03:21, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
This sentence from the article:
leaves me confused. Long exposure times should allow slower films to be used, shouldn't they?
or is it a case of: "The whole idea is impossible, but if you use long exposures and fast film, it becomes feasible"?
NitPicker769 ( talk) 16:03, 11 November 2012 (UTC)