6. Photographing the night sky: where to go from here
Quick tips if you want more from your sky photos 1. use a tracker: a sky tracker is a little gear that allows your camera to follow star movements across the sky. This means...
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5. Photographing the night sky: final processing with Startools
The last step, that will bring you the final image, is photo editing. There is plenty of awesome photo editing software around, but to manage a astronomical photos I suggest a software tailored for...
4. Photographing the night sky: stacking with DeepSkyStacker
Now you have to combine the pictures and edit the final combination in order to the awesome to appear … ready? To combine them you’ll need Deep Sky Stacker (http://deepskystacker.free.fr) a free program. It...
3. Photographing the night sky: Shooting
Setup your gear Mount the camera on the tripod, attach the remote shutter if you have one Camera setup Manual mode Raw output Turn off all noise reduction settings Focus point to a bright...
2. Photographing the night sky: Get ready
What you’ll need A dark sky site A tripod A remote shutter, an intervalometer or a camera with a countdown timer: something to avoid shaking the camera when shooting Camera must support RAW format...
1. Photographing the night sky: Introduction
You’re on holiday, maybe in some of those exotic places, maybe simply far from a city; one night you look at the sky and it looks gorgeous. You wonder “how can I bring home...
