Superstar CANOPUS is a southern hemisphere jewel and the second brightest star in the night sky after SIRIUS (film coming).
This giant navy-blue/cyan star was caught on camera in a series of 0.005 second exposures made in late january 2011.
The CANOPUS movie was assembled by selecting the 25 best consecutive frames from those series and sequencing the shots with a computer program
without any enlargement.
The star seems to shine continuously because the 25 sequenced shots are looped on themselves.
The overall effect is that of a star shining uninterrupted ,but in reality represents a brief moment in the life of this true wonderstar.
25 exposures aligned, sequenced and loped. Exposure time: 0.005 seconds in high resolution. Image development in CCDops, Maxim DL5 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended. MEADE 14” LX200, SBIG ST2K.
