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star trails

star trails is the plural of star trail.

Meaning of star trail

Noun

star trail (plural star trails)

  1. The line of light recorded on a photographic medium when a time exposure is made of a star in the nighttime sky using a camera on a fixed mount, caused by the rotation of the earth during the period of time when the camera's shutter is held open.
    • The idea behind photographing star trails is wonderfully simple. Just take your old mechanical camera, point it skyward, and leave the shutter open.2001, Eric DeBolt, “Happy Trails”, in Astronomy, volume 29, number 7, page 74

Questions about star trails

What is star trails the plural of?
Star trails is the plural of star trail.

Words near star trails in the dictionary

  1. star topologies
  2. star topology
  3. star tracker
  4. star trackers
  5. star trail
  6. star trails
  7. Star Trek
  8. Star Trek Day
  9. Star Trekker
  10. Star Trekkers
  11. Star Trekkian

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