South Celestial Pole

Mensa, Octans, Hydrus, Triangulum Australe, Chamaeleon, Volans, Musca, Crux, Pictor, Reticulum, Apus
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Mensa, Octans, Hydrus, Triangulum Australe, Chamaeleon, Volans, Musca, Crux, Pictor, Reticulum, Apus Mensa Octans South Celestial Pole Hydrus Triangulum Australe Chamaeleon Volans Musca Crux

The two celestial poles are the imaginary points where the Earth's spin axis intersects the celestial sphere.
The sky appears to drift overhead from east to west, completing a full circuit around the sky in 24 (sidereal)hours.
This phenomenon is due to the spinning of the Earth on its axis. The Earth's spin axis intersects the celestial sphere
at two points. These points are the celestial poles. As the Earth spins, they remain fixed in the sky, and all other
points seem to rotate around them.

Camera : Canon 10D
Lens : Set to 35mm
Exposure Time : 9 x 6 Minutes with filter
Processing: Image assembled using PTGUI & Photoshop
Date : April 2005
Guiding : Telescope Piggyback
Location : Kaituna, Masterton, New Zealand