Startrails at Mount Helicon, the mountain of the Muses 04/01/22
A calm, peaceful night at a Bortle 3 zone, at Mount Helicon in the region of Thespiai in Boeotia, Greece.
The mountain was celebrated in classical literature as the favourite haunt of the Muses, and its eastern, or Boeotian, side was particularly sacred. Two springs, sacred to the Muses, were located here: the Aganippe and the Hippocrene, both of which bear "horse" (ἵππος híppos) in their names. In a related myth, the Hippocrene spring was created when the winged horse Pegasus aimed his hoof at a rock, striking it with such force that the spring burst from the spot. On Mount Helicon too was the spring where Narcissus was inspired by his own beauty. Mount Helicon and the Hippocrene spring were considered to be a source of poetic inspiration. In the late seventh century BCE, the poet Hesiod placed a reference to the Muses on the Helicon at the very beginning of his "Theogony".
This photo is the result of 103 minutes of Earth's rotation, with the North Celestial Pole at the left of the trees. Polaris (the "North Star"), which is close to the North Celestial Pole, appears almost stationary in the sky, while all the other stars move in concentric circles around it. Below is a timelapse, with the frames used for this photo.
ISO-3200, f/3.5, 153×30sec
--Software--
StarStaX
Photoshop 2022
--Equipment--
Canon EOS 4000D
Tokina atx-i 11-16mm f/2.8 CF at 11mm
Tokina atx-i 11-16mm f/2.8 CF at 11mm
