This mind-bending timelapse with the Milky Way stabilized shows the Earth is spinning through space.
Credit: Eric Brummel
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This mind-bending timelapse with the Milky Way stabilized shows the Earth is spinning through space.
Credit: Eric Brummel
https://www.instagram.com/brummelphoto
@Krayon @wonderofscience the camera is on an equatorial mount. Similar to whatโs used to stabilize telescopes so they stay locked on a part of the sky.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1490837-REG/ioptron_3550a_skyguider_pro_camera_mount.html
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You can add motors to telescopes so that they move to follow the position of a star, making the star appear static in the field of vision, either for a long exposure, or for keeping the target in sight, if you're showing a star to friends, young enthusiasts or members of the public.
https://www.go-astronomy.com/telescopes/telescope-drive-systems.htm
Baron Munchausen was asked, "If the world is spinning, why don't people fall off?"
The Baron replied, "Zis is due to a kommon mizkonzeption: people are falling off all the time!"

@wonderofscience beautiful
