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Long-exposure star-trail photograph captures Whiskey Point, 2011

Also Stargazing on Whiskey Point

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Locator map: Whiskey Point highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Whiskey PointLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Dates2010-12 – 2011-01
WithinWhiskey Point
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Whiskey Point highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Whiskey PointLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
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Dates
2010-12 – 2011-01
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Publication
Where
Whiskey Point
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
scienceartsheritagecommunication
Within
Whiskey Point

Summary

A January 2011 Beacon article explains a composite long-exposure photograph of star trails over Whiskey Point, made from 100 thirty-second exposures.

Evidence limits

The article identifies the photographic method and setting but not a complete technical metadata record or exact camera coordinates.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2011, "Stargazing on Whiskey Point."
    Explains that 100 thirty-second exposures were combined into a 50-minute star-trail image of Johnny Andy’s house, with some illumination from passing car headlights and a streetlight. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the photograph and technical explanation.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Long-exposure star-trail photograph captures Whiskey Point, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-whiskey-point-star-trails-photograph-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2011, "Stargazing on Whiskey Point." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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