This page describes a video Big Dipper Over the Mono Lake
Video caption:
The Big Dipper asterism gracefully moves above the otherworldly tufa formations of Mono Lake, California. The time-lapse captures the Big Dipper’s movement across the northern horizon until its inferior conjunction. At Mono Lake’s latitude (+38°), the stars of the Big Dipper remain circumpolar, except for Alkaid. The North Star sits 38° above the horizon, just outside the field of view in the top right. The lunar illumination bathes the landscape in a soft glow, gradually fading as the Moon sets, cloaking the scene in darkness.
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Video credit:
Fabrizio Melandri/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10360167
Tags:
astrophotography
Related glossary terms:
Big Dipper
, Celestial Pole
, Celestial Sphere
, Circumpolar Stars
, Earth's Rotation
, Polaris
Categories:
Naked Eye Astronomy
Video license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
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Captions in Different Languages:
Video caption: In diesem Zeitraffervideo bewegt sich der Asterismus des Großen Wagens anmutig über den fremdartigen Tuffsteinformationen des Mono Lake in Kalifornien. Das Video fängt die Bewegung des Großen Wagens über dem nördlichen Horizont bis zu seiner unteren Konjunktion ein. Auf dem Breitengrad des Mono Lake (38° Nord) bleiben die Sterne des Großen Wagens mit Ausnahme von Alkaid zirkumpolar. Der Polarstern befindet sich 38° über dem Horizont knapp außerhalb des Gesichtsfelds oben rechts. Der helle Mond taucht die Landschaft in ein sanftes Licht, das bei Monduntergang allmählich abnimmt und die Szene in Dunkelheit hüllt.
Video credit: Fabrizio Melandri/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: Erdrotation , Großer Wagen , Himmelskugel , Himmelspol , Polarstern , Zirkumpolarsterne Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Carolin Liefke
Video caption: Menzione d'onore al concorso di astrofotografia IAU OAE 2023, categoria Time-lapse della rotazione dell'Orsa Maggiore o della Croce del Sud: L'Orsa Maggiore sopra il lago Mono, di Fabrizio Melandri.
L'asterismo dell'Orsa Maggiore si muove con grazia sopra le magiche formazioni tufacee del Mono Lake, in California, in questa immagine menzione d'onore nella categoria Time-lapses of rotation of Big Dipper or Southern Cross. Il time-lapse cattura il movimento dell'Orsa Maggiore attraverso l'orizzonte settentrionale fino alla sua congiunzione inferiore. Alla latitudine di Mono Lake (+38°), le stelle dell'Orsa Maggiore rimangono circumpolari, tranne Alkaid. La Stella Polare si trova a 38° sopra l'orizzonte, appena fuori dal campo visivo in alto a destra. L'illuminazione lunare avvolge il paesaggio in un tenue bagliore, che si attenua gradualmente con il tramonto della Luna, ammantando la scena di oscurità.
Video credit: Fabrizio Melandri/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: Grande Carro , Polaris , Polo Celeste , Rotazione della Terra , Sfera celeste , Stelle circumpolari Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Valentina La Parola
