star trails

A form of star trail — The line of light recorded on a photographic medium when a time exposure is made of a star in the nighttime sky using a camera on a fixed mount, caused by the rotation of the earth during the period of time when the camera's shutter is held open.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of star trail
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