Orion Rising (in Warp Factor mode)

Very nice Seanie I think you may have a problem with your guiding. :lol:

That or your warp drive...

Very nice Seanie I think you may have a problem with your guiding. :lol:

That or your warp drive...

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Wow Seanie!
You captured brilliantly what I see when I come out of the pub at night!

Interesting shot,
I've see this technique before,
I wonder can you make the trails longer?

That's an interesting shot Seanie. I can't figure out how you got the variation in trail lengths, orientations. Would this be due to the micro adjustments you made at increments with each exposure that caused these different trajectories and orientations in the trails?

On another subject, I read in this months Astro competition the subject is star tails ( star trails).

I can understand what star trails are. I also understand the term star tails means for example, where there were tails off galaxies, where there are stars within nebulous tails. I have come across this description by others. I know that the Leo triplets have star tails that are faint.

So besides star trails does this open the definition of star tails to these other examples?

Eamonn A

Nice one Seanie. Could be interesting on other celestial targets.
The technique you used is referred to as Zoom Burst as far as I know. Works well with bright objects but I've never seen it applied in astrophotography before.

So besides star trails does this open the definition of star tails to these other examples?

Ah, I knew I'd be caught out by someone. I read something before like what you described in your post abaove Eamonn, but gave it no thought until I saw this.

Generally speaking, the answer is No. Lets keep it simple as the classical star trails we all know (and sometimes loathe).