# No meteors, but nice stars!

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**Created:** [December 15, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-meteors-but-nice-stars/740499 "2015-12-15T03:39:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-meteors-but-nice-stars/740499/1 "2015-12-15T03:39:22Z")

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I went out last night with a friend, and tried to take some meteor photos.  
I captured a few, but they were faint and unimpressive, but I did end up with a nice star trail photo:  
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/662/23463178360_483bf1c1a9_b.jpg "StarStaX\_DSC\_0716\_00001-DSC\_0879\_00164\_gap\_filling\_no\_planes2") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/23463178360/in/dateposted-public/)

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-meteors-but-nice-stars/740499/2 "2015-12-15T14:39:29Z")

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Is this a stitched image? Is that why the star trails stutter?

I guess you probably have to do that with digital, eh? Can’t take 30 minute exposures like in film days any more.

Still, pretty cool. Is that a fisheye lens?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-meteors-but-nice-stars/740499/3 "2015-12-15T14:50:27Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> Is this a stitched image? Is that why the star trails stutter?
> 
> I guess you probably have to do that with digital, eh? Can’t take 30 minute exposures like in film days any more.
> 
> Still, pretty cool. Is that a fisheye lens?

Yes, it is a stacked image created from ~150 individual 30 second exposures. There were a few images at the beginning that I should drop from the render, since the gaps between them are very noticeable. Also, I bumped the tripod towards the end, which resulted in a little jog in the trails :smack:  
Yeah, digital requires multiple short exposures, unless you have a cryogenically cooled sensor. My new camera has excellent long-exposure noise, but still can’t be used for more than a minute or two without significant noise creeping in.

And, yes, it’s an 8mm Samyang fish-eye.