Siril
PixInsight
DeepSkyStacker
APT (Astro Photography Tool)
N.I.N.A.
RegiStax
Nebulosity
Star Tools
Sequator
PixInsight
DeepSkyStacker
N.I.N.A.
Starry Landscape Stacker
Astro Pixel Processor
Fitswork
Nebulosity
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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
PixInsight - A powerful deep sky stacking application for astrophotography.
DeepSkyStacker - DeepSkyStacker is a freeware for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of...
APT (Astro Photography Tool) - APT stands for "AstroPhotography Tool" and it is like Swiss army knife for your astro imaging sessions.
N.I.N.A. - NINA is a night time imaging and astronomy software.
Starry Landscape Stacker - Starry Landscape Stacker makes it possible to produce landscape photographs taken at night that have both low noise and stars rendered as points.
RegiStax - Photography, Astronomy, Image, and Astrophotography
