Time-Lapse Video of Galactic Center of Milky Way Rising Over Texas Star Party

Milky Way over Texas Star Party
Edited Time-Lapse Video Showing Rise
of Galactic Center of Milky Way Over Texas Star Party
Small-Sized Edited Video of Galactic Center of Milky Way
Rising over Texas Star Party
(720X480 - 8.7 MB MP4 Video)


Medium-Sized All Night Video of Night Sky including Galactic Center of Milky Way Rising over Texas Star Party (1280X720 - 22 MB MP4 Video)


Download Full Size All Night Video of Night Sky including Galactic Center of Milky Way Rising over Texas Star Party
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9:29 PM 21 April to 6:43 AM 22 April
Canon EOS-5D (modified) ISO 1600 and EF 15mm f/2.8 @ f/2.8 Fisheye on tripod; 20 second exposure followed by 35 second interval; one exposure each minute; Video runs at 15 frames per second

Events in Full Sized Video - Camera Facing East South East
  • Early
    • Sirius and Canis major set in the West
    • Lyrids Meteor Shower meteors are short streaks in early night
    • Satellites streak across the entire sky
    • Leo, Arturus and Spica move to the West
  • Middle
    • Antares and Rho Ophiuchus rise prior to the Milky Way
    • Hercules rotates into the upper left portion of the field
    • Vega and Deneb enter field with Milk Way
    • Meteor frequency increases again
  • Late
    • Jupiter rises in the East
    • Moonrise occurs slightly before sunrise

Index

posted 04 May 2009; Modified 06 May 2009

© 2009, William L. Castleman