Dan, That is way cool. I've never seen anything like it before. Thanks for pointing it out.
Bruce Friday, November 15, 2002, 8:55:32 AM, you wrote: DJM> The Astronomy Picture of the Day for today features a very unusual star DJM> trails photograph by LeRoy Zimmerman. Since it was taken right on the DJM> equator, using a wide angle lens, one can see the stars circling the DJM> North Celestial pole on the left side, the equatorial stars leaving DJM> stgraight trails in the center, and the stars circling thre South DJM> Celestial Pole on the right side of the panoramic photograph. I thought DJM> it quite unusual and intriguing. Here's the link: DJM> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0211/NightTrailsOfAfrica_zimmerman_c1.jpg DJM> Dan
