Cabin Star Trails

Constellations and clusters enter and exit the sky behind an abandoned cabin during a 90-minute exposure: Perseus at upper left, Auriga at lower left, and the blue Pleiades star cluster rises just to the right of the cabin. Airplanes also mark their passing with faint diagonal streaks.

Date: October 12, 2006
Time: 7:36 - 9:06 p.m. MST
Location: Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Arizona
Camera: Olympus OM-1 35mm SLR on fixed tripod
Film: Fuji Provia 100F slide
Focal length: 40 mm
Aperture: f/4
Exposure time: 90 minutes (2 flashes used to illuminate cabin)
Scanner: Nikon Coolscan LS-2000