Sequator VS APT (Astro Photography Tool)

You can stack images if you want a cleaner result. https://sites.google.com/site/sequatorglobal/ is a good easy to use option. Can also do panoramas or both. Use something like stellarium to find something you want to photograph. clearoutside.com can help with weather and moon phases. Make sure to shoot when there isn't any moon light. https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ can help finding dark locations. Photopills... Source: almost 2 years ago

If you are a windows user, you can also use the program sequator (https://sites.google.com/site/sequatorglobal/). It will line up the images for you, and you can then do post processing in photoshop to improve whatever you need to to get the colors and images right. You can also add in dark images to remove camera noise. Really sweet program for night photography. Source: almost 2 years ago

It's 30 x 15s exposures at 1600 ISO, all stacked in Sequator, which is free software that tracks stars and allows you to accurately stack images despite the stars moving. There was a little editing afterwards, but nothing major, the stacking does most of the work. Source: about 2 years ago

I recommend you test your star tracker mount to see how good/bad is the periodic error, etc. One example of how to test: Https://philhart.com/content/star-adventurer-review#:~:text=Performance,minute%20period%20of%20the%20worm. Then you can do some math: if my tracker error is X arcseconds, and my camera pixel size is Y microns...I can use a lens of Z focal length and only have star trailing of W pixels. (And... Source: about 2 years ago

What you can also do, is take many pictures and stack them using a free software like Deep Sky Stacker or the simpler and also free sequator . By doing that, this will reduce the noise of the higher ISO and will help you edit your photos better. Source: about 2 years ago

I came across this app, is it safe and legit? Https://astrophotography.app/. Source: about 2 years ago

If you're going for a less mobile/telescope based set-up and you already have a laptop then you can forego an intervalometer and use your laptop with software like APT (https://astrophotography.app/). Source: about 2 years ago

Software to control camera and work with guiding. I use Astro Photography Tool: https://astrophotography.app/ but there are others as well. Source: over 2 years ago

I have the Star Adventurer Tripod and can't fault it, especially for the price. Yes you'll want an intervalometer to do exposures of more than 30 seconds on a Canon or you could hook it up to a laptop and use something like APT. Https://astrophotography.app/. Source: over 2 years ago