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2020 Jason Matter 2020 Jason Matter

Star trail - Dry Tree

Image Description and Details : Startrail - dry treeVarjão de Minas / MG - São Gonçalo do Abaeté/MG07/11/2020 - 20h to 22hCanon Eos 6D modifiedBower 35mm F1.4, open in F460x120s, ISO 800

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2020 Charles Lillo 2020 Charles Lillo

Star-trails and the star colors

Image Description and Details : The color of the stars is linked to their "superficial" temperature (in quotation marks because the stars do not have surfaces, since they are not solid or liquid) - and, contrary to common sense where we associate blue with cold and red in the heat, the bluish / violet ones are the hottest, while the red ones are the coldest - The stars with peak emission in other bands of the visible spectrum have intermediate surface temperatures. Thus, exists stars with peak emission in practically the entire visible spectrum: blue, white, yellow, orange, red ...

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