Star trails of Pleiades, Taurus and Orion dominate the sky behind the historic Plaskett telescope while Victoria Centre RASC members are treated to an imaging session inside by operator Dave Balam. The Plaskett dome shows the effect of movement as Dave pointed the scope at several of our targets. A video from the same night can be found at http://vimeo.com/17496881
Details -
Date and location - Dec 4, 2010 at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.
Equipment - Tripod mounted Canon T1i with interval timer and 17-50mm lens operating at 17mm focal length.
Exposure - 30 sec small JPG frames at f/3.5 ISO 400 taken continuously for 86 min.