The Astronomy Picture of the Day for today features a very unusual star trails photograph by LeRoy Zimmerman. Since it was taken right on the equator, using a wide angle lens, one can see the stars circling the North Celestial pole on the left side, the equatorial stars leaving stgraight trails in the center, and the stars circling thre South Celestial Pole on the right side of the panoramic photograph. I thought it quite unusual and intriguing. Here's the link:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0211/NightTrailsOfAfrica_zimmerman_c1.jpg Dan
