Question

An observer took a time-exposure photograph of polaris and five nearby stars. how many hours were required to show their star paths

Answer 1

Photographing stars requires you to keep your exposure open for a long time. Taking pictures of star trails would take about 30 minutes to three hours. If you multiply that for the 6 stars stated above in the problem then you would be needing that much time if the stars were close and approximately 3 to 18 hours capture their star trails if they were far apart from each other.