File:Like Painting with Light (iotw2217a).tiff
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English: Gemini North, one half of the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, uses a laser beam traveling through Earth’s atmosphere to adjust its adaptive optics. Like many large research telescopes today, Gemini North uses adaptive optics — bending its mirrors to compensate for atmospheric turbulence or “seeing”, which can blur the images of distant objects like stars and galaxies. The laser beam, seen here as a pink-orange stripe on the sky, travels into the upper atmosphere where it creates a bright spot of light that provides a reference point for the telescope to follow, and correct for, the atmospheric turbulence. This long-exposure photograph shows the laser tracking its target near the zenith, appearing to paint the sky with light. The stars appear as trails as they revolve around the north celestial pole during the long exposure. |
Date | 27 April 2022 (upload date) |
Source | Like Painting with Light |
Author | International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Chu |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON D800 | |
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Author | Jason K. Chu | |
Copyright holder | Jason K. Chu: [email protected] | |
Exposure time | 30/1 sec (30) | |
F-number | f/2.8 | |
ISO speed rating | 6,400 | |
Date and time of data generation | 15:14, 1 July 2020 | |
Lens focal length | 16 mm | |
Width | 4,891 px | |
Height | 3,264 px | |
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Compression scheme | LZW | |
Pixel composition | RGB | |
Orientation | Normal | |
Number of components | 3 | |
Number of rows per strip | 17 | |
Horizontal resolution | 240 dpi | |
Vertical resolution | 240 dpi | |
Data arrangement | chunky format | |
Software used | Exif version 2.3 | |
Date and time of digitizing | 15:14, 1 July 2020 | |
Shutter speed | −4.906891 | |
APEX aperture | 2.970854 | |
Exposure bias | 0 | |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) | |
Metering mode | Pattern | |
Light source | Cool white fluorescent (W 3900 – 4500K) | |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression | |
Color space | Uncalibrated | |
Focal plane X resolution | 2,048.4022216797 | |
Focal plane Y resolution | 2,048.4022216797 | |
Focal plane resolution unit | 3 | |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor | |
File source | Digital still camera | |
Scene type | A directly photographed image | |
Custom image processing | Normal process | |
Exposure mode | Manual exposure | |
White balance | Manual white balance | |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 | |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 16 mm | |
Scene capture type | Standard | |
Scene control | High gain up | |
Contrast | Normal | |
Saturation | Normal | |
Sharpness | Normal | |
Subject distance range | Unknown |