Star Trails and DSLRs

Factual Questions
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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.

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

Si

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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 (2nd photo on page)
Taken through a fisheye lens, the milky way does cloud things some, but the aurora is more distracting.