One hour of star trails from Georgetown, Guyana, facing east, south and north: near-vertical streaks as stars rise, arcs around a pole below the horizon, and circles round Polaris just above it.
Shows Georgetown (6.80° N, 58.16° W), 22:00 to 23:00 GYT on Thu 15 Oct 2026, a 60° by 34° frame aimed east, south and north; Yale catalogue stars to magnitude 4.5.
A silent explainer drawn from the site’s own sky code. It shows one hour of star trails from Georgetown, Guyana, 22:00 to 23:00 GYT on Thursday 15 October 2026, in a 60° by 34° frame (about a 30 mm lens on a full-frame camera, cropped to 16:9), aimed three ways. Stars are from the Yale Bright Star Catalogue to magnitude 4.5; their paths come from astronomy-engine.
East: the stars of Orion rise in near-vertical streaks, 6.8° from vertical at Georgetown (3.4° at Lethem), because the celestial equator meets the horizon at 83.2°. A star on the equator moves 15.0° in the hour.
South: the trails arc around the south celestial pole, 6.8° below the horizon. North: Polaris is 7° up and the trails circle the north celestial pole just above the horizon.
0:00 Leave a camera on a tripod for an hour and the stars draw lines. From Guyana, which lines depends on where you point it.
0:03 Facing east, 22:00 to 23:00 GYT: the stars rise almost straight up out of the horizon, Orion among them. A star on the celestial equator moves 15.0° in the hour.
0:12 The streaks lean only 6.8° from vertical: the celestial equator meets Georgetown's horizon at 83.2°. At Lethem the lean is 3.4°.
0:18 Facing south the trails curve around the south celestial pole, 6.8° below the horizon, so they stay open arcs.
0:27 Facing north, Polaris stands only 7° up and the stars wheel round it just above the horizon. A clear, flat northern horizon matters.
0:35 Choose the direction for the shape: near-vertical streaks east or west, open arcs south, small circles low in the north.
0:40 Plan the session with the Star Trail Planner, then set the frame on the direction you want.