Stars

I did manage to sneak outside last night to watch for meteors. I saw one, clear as can be. I was in the back yard sort of facing South, I guess. Maybe more like Southish. I don’t have much in terms of a sense of direction, you know? Anyway, I saw one just along the tree line. It lit up nicely and moved for a nice distance. I was pleased.

I was less pleased with my camera luck. I took a bunch of 30 second shots in the hopes that I’d get lucky and catch something streaking over head. I didn’t. I brought a table outside with me, focused the camera on a street light down the road, and placed the camera on it’s back, facing straight up. I used the 10 second timer, and set the exposure time for 30 seconds. I was surprised by the pictures as it looks like the stars moved a little. There were trails. I know that happens for long exposures, but I didn’t think 30 seconds was long enough. Either the camera moved a little or I had some wrong information. I’ll have to do a little more research before I try something like that again.

Here’s what I’m talking about…

If you click on a picture it will take you to Flickr. You can see larger versions of each pic there.

Did those stars trail because of something I did, or because of something they did. Is 30 seconds too long?