# Star Trails and DSLRs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trails-and-dslrs/395150>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 8, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trails-and-dslrs/395150 "2007-03-08T19:51:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trails-and-dslrs/395150/21 "2007-03-20T20:23:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Giles]  
As I said, 23 hours and 56 minutes would be enough for a complete circle, in either of the polar regions in the middle of winter.  
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Doing this in the Antarctic would probably not give very good star-trails. The Milky Way would wash out a large portion of the image.

☹

I miss the Southern Night Sky - you can barely see anything in the UK.

Si

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trails-and-dslrs/395150/22 "2007-03-20T21:22:00Z")

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[QUOTE=si\_blakely]  
Doing this in the Antarctic would probably not give very good star-trails. The Milky Way would wash out a large portion of the image.  
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[Antarctic star trails](http://antarctica.kulgun.net/Photography/) (2nd photo on page)  
Taken through a fisheye lens, the milky way does cloud things some, but the aurora is more distracting.

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