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I was up with the Radio & Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania tonight, and decided to play with some long exposure photography for star trails while up there.

What you see in this image is a view looking over Hobart CBD  and in the foreground is a 2.2 metre satellite receiver used by the club to receive television broadcasts that are typically unavailable to most people.

It’s not a fantastic star trail image as the ambient light from the city greatly reduces the contrast of the night sky, so I probably need to arrange an outing to Mt Pleasant Observatory to have try this in more favourable conditions.

This particular exposure was a little over 30 mins. No noise reduction was done on the camera and I have made some minor retouches to deal with the hot spots on the sensor.