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English: Star trail composite image created by International Space Station Expedition 30 crew member Don Pettit using images ISS030E271388 through ISS030E271392.


Expedition 30 and Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit provided information about photographic techniques used to achieve the images: "My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then 'stack' them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure."
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This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: JSC2012E052677.

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