Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 Botswana Star Trail A2 Print
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This poster-sized, A2 print features an image from the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 exhibition and competition.
Botswana Star Trail
Stefano Pellegrini (Italy)
Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana, 24 August 2025
One thing I wanted to try in Botswana was a star trail. I finally had the perfect opportunity in Nxai Pan, a magical place with huge baobab trees. It was like being inside a gothic cathedral; the old sturdy trees were like columns, with their branches creating vaults and arches. I put my camera almost on the ground, facing up, to capture this intricate canopy of branches and the sky behind it. I left the camera shooting with my usual settings, hoping for the best. The next morning, I checked the result – the final count was 340 photos taken in 4‑hours. Once the photos were merged, I saw the big difference between a European sky and an African one – the number of stars! The Botswana sky has no light pollution, every single part of the sky had stars in it, and after I had combined all the images together to form the trails I had a completely light sky. I played with the exposure and saturation, resulting in this almost psychedelic image.
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