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Image caption: This enchanting image, captured in Germany between 21 June 2018 and 21 December 2018, is a poetic blend of art and science, showcasing nature's rhythm and the passage of time. It combines images taken at different times of day over the course of six months. Each curve tracks the Sun’s path (or arc) across the sky on a particular day. The sweeping arc of the Sun is distorted here by the projection, making it appear like a curve. The position of the daily arc across the sky changes with the Sun’s seasonal movement in the sky. Captured using a simple pinhole camera fashioned from a coffee can, it shows the Sun's journey over the course of six months, and the gradual shift of the daily arc from the summer, when it is higher in the sky, to its lowest arc at the winter solstice. Gaps in the Sun’s path represent days or times of day when the Sun was obscured by clouds. This image is a vivid testament to the changing seasons, revealing the Sun's dance in the sky as days grow shorter or longer.
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Image credit: Frank Niessen/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10278550
Tags: astrophotography
Related glossary terms: Equinox , Solstice , Summer Solstice , Sun Path (Day Arc) , Winter Solstice
Categories: Naked Eye Astronomy

Image 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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Bengali
Image caption: ২১ জুন ২০১৮ এবং ২১ ডিসেম্বর ২০১৮-এর মধ্যে জার্মানিতে ধারণ করা এই মনোমুগ্ধকর চিত্রটি শিল্প এবং বিজ্ঞানের একটি কাব্যিক সংমিশ্রণ, যা প্রকৃতির ছন্দ এবং সময়ের সাথে সাথে দেখায়। এটি ছয় মাস ধরে দিনের বিভিন্ন সময়ে তোলা ছবিকে একত্রিত করে। প্রতিটি বক্ররেখা একটি নির্দিষ্ট দিনে আকাশ জুড়ে সূর্যের পথ (বা চাপ) ট্র্যাক করে। সূর্যের সুইপিং আর্ক এখানে অভিক্ষেপ দ্বারা বিকৃত হয়, এটিকে বক্ররেখার মতো দেখায়। আকাশে সূর্যের ঋতু গতির সাথে আকাশ জুড়ে দৈনিক চাপের অবস্থান পরিবর্তিত হয়। একটি কফির ক্যান থেকে তৈরি একটি সাধারণ পিনহোল ক্যামেরা ব্যবহার করে ক্যাপচার করা হয়েছে, এটি ছয় মাস ধরে সূর্যের যাত্রা দেখায় এবং গ্রীষ্ম থেকে প্রতিদিনের চাপের ধীরে ধীরে স্থানান্তর দেখায়, যখন এটি আকাশে উচ্চতর হয়, তখন তার সর্বনিম্ন চাপে। শীতকালীন অয়নকাল সূর্যের পথের ফাঁকগুলি সেই দিনগুলি বা দিনের সময়গুলিকে বোঝায় যখন সূর্য মেঘের দ্বারা অস্পষ্ট ছিল। এই চিত্রটি পরিবর্তিত ঋতুগুলির একটি প্রাণবন্ত প্রমাণ, দিন ছোট বা দীর্ঘ হওয়ার সাথে সাথে আকাশে সূর্যের নৃত্য প্রকাশ করে।
Image credit: ফ্রাঙ্ক নিসেন/আইএইউ ওএই (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: Equinox , Solstice , Summer Solstice , Sun Path (Day Arc) , Winter Solstice
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Raktim Mukherjee

Italian
Image caption: Secondo posto al concorso di astrofotografia IAU OAE 2023, categoria Immagini fisse dell'arco diurno del Sole e solargrafie: Il cammino del Sole, di Frank Niessen
Questa incantevole solarografia si è classificata al secondo posto nella categoria Immagini fisse dell'arco diurno del Sole e solarografie. L'immagine, catturata in Germania tra il 21 giugno 2018 e il 21 dicembre 2018, è una miscela poetica di arte e scienza, che mostra il ritmo della natura e lo scorrere del tempo. Combina immagini scattate a diverse ore del giorno nel corso di sei mesi. Ogni curva segue il percorso (o arco) del Sole attraverso il cielo in un determinato giorno. L'ampio arco del Sole viene qui distorto dalla proiezione, facendolo apparire come una curva. La posizione dell'arco giornaliero attraverso il cielo cambia con il movimento stagionale del Sole nel cielo. L'immagine, ripresa con una semplice fotocamera a foro stenopeico ricavata da una lattina di caffè, mostra il percorso del Sole nell'arco di sei mesi e il graduale spostamento dell'arco giornaliero dall'estate, quando è più alto nel cielo, al suo arco più basso al solstizio d'inverno. Gli spazi vuoti nel percorso del Sole rappresentano i giorni o le ore del giorno in cui il Sole è stato oscurato dalle nuvole. Questa immagine è una vivida testimonianza dell'alternarsi delle stagioni, che rivela la danza del Sole nel cielo quando le giornate si accorciano o si allungano.
Image credit: Frank Niessen/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: Equinozio , Percorso del sole (arco diurno) , Solstizio , Solstizio d'estate , Solstizio d'inverno
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Valentina La Parola

Simplified Chinese
Image caption: 这幅令人陶醉的图片于 2018 年 6 月 21 日至 2018 年 12 月 21 日期间在德国拍摄,是艺术与科学的诗意融合,展现了大自然的韵律和时间的流逝。它合并了六个月内每天不同时间段拍摄的图片。每条曲线都追踪了太阳在特定一天内穿越天空的路径(或弧线)。在这里,太阳划过的弧线被投影扭曲,使其看起来像一条曲线。每天划过天空的弧线位置随着太阳在天空中的季节性移动而变化。这幅图片是用一个咖啡罐制成的简易针孔摄像机拍摄的,它展示了太阳在六个月时间里的旅程,以及日弧从夏季较高(太阳在天空中的位置较高)逐渐移动到冬至最低位置的过程。太阳路径上的间隙代表太阳被云层遮挡的日子或时段。这幅图片生动地表现了四季的变化,展示了太阳在天空中随着白天变短或变长而舞动的轨迹。
Image credit: Frank Niessen/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: 二至点 , 冬至 , 夏至 , 太阳路径(日弧) , 昼夜平分点
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Xiao Jingyu
Caption reviewers: Wang Yilin

Traditional Chinese
Image caption: 這幅令人陶醉的圖片於 2018 年 6 月 21 日至 2018 年 12 月 21 日期間在德國拍攝,是藝術與科學的詩意融合,展現了大自然的韻律和時間的流逝。它合併了六個月內每天不同時間段拍攝的圖片。每條曲線都追蹤了太陽在特定一天內穿越天空的路徑(或弧線)。在這裡,太陽劃過的弧線被投影扭曲,使其看起來像一條曲線。每天劃過天空的弧線位置隨著太陽在天空中的季節性移動而變化。這幅圖片是用一個咖啡罐製成的簡易針孔攝像機拍攝的,它展示了太陽在六個月時間裡的旅程,以及日弧從夏季較高(太陽在天空中的位置較高)逐漸移動到冬至最低位置的過程。太陽路徑上的間隙代表太陽被雲層遮擋的日子或時段。這幅圖片生動地表現了四季的變化,展示了太陽在天空中隨著白天變短或變長而舞動的軌跡。
Image credit: Frank Niessen/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
Related glossary terms: 二至點 , 冬至 , 夏至 , 太陽路徑(日弧) , 晝夜平分點
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: An automated transliteration from the simplified Chinese translation by - Xiao Jingyu