Comments on: Stars over the South Pole http://gargles.net/stars-over-the-south-pole/ Interesting Stuff Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:19:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Sarah e. Smith http://gargles.net/stars-over-the-south-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-2356 Sarah e. Smith Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:26:56 +0000 http://gargles.net/stars-over-the-south-pole/#comment-2356 Hello! I just found your blog via StumbleUpon.....very cool photos and links...i'll be back to visit again :) Hello! I just found your blog via StumbleUpon…..very cool photos and links…i’ll be back to visit again :)

]]> By: Chuck the Lucky http://gargles.net/stars-over-the-south-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-2329 Chuck the Lucky Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:51:00 +0000 http://gargles.net/stars-over-the-south-pole/#comment-2329 I suspect that it was a non specific statement rather than a fake. If it was taken far south in the southern hemisphere the stars would be the ones that are visible over the south pole. Also since this seems to be over several nights the trails look different than they do in familiar one-night exposures. In addition to it affecting the trails, it seems to make the pattern brighter - more overlapping - on one side, possibly due to the slight movement of the earth's axis from night to night. There is something I noticed though. The eight-armed pattern looks like it was an optical phenomenon from the lens like those starbursts that you see in sunlight on film and movies. This might seem obvious to some but it might not to everyone. We don't want people thinking they have seen a picture of God's octagon over southern Chile. I suspect that it was a non specific statement rather than a fake. If it was taken far south in the southern hemisphere the stars would be the ones that are visible over the south pole.

Also since this seems to be over several nights the trails look different than they do in familiar one-night exposures. In addition to it affecting the trails, it seems to make the pattern brighter – more overlapping – on one side, possibly due to the slight movement of the earth’s axis from night to night.

There is something I noticed though. The eight-armed pattern looks like it was an optical phenomenon from the lens like those starbursts that you see in sunlight on film and movies. This might seem obvious to some but it might not to everyone. We don’t want people thinking they have seen a picture of God’s octagon over southern Chile.

]]> By: Vaidas http://gargles.net/stars-over-the-south-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-2032 Vaidas Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:47:30 +0000 http://gargles.net/stars-over-the-south-pole/#comment-2032 Imaged at IAS observatory, Farm Hakos, Namibia. Not in southern pole ;) Imaged at IAS observatory, Farm Hakos, Namibia.
Not in southern pole ;)

]]> By: reeny http://gargles.net/stars-over-the-south-pole/comment-page-1/#comment-700 reeny Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:33:23 +0000 http://gargles.net/stars-over-the-south-pole/#comment-700 Fake! There is no trees near the south pole!! Fake! There is no trees near the south pole!!

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