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: over 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: over 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: over 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: over 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: over 2 years ago
I heard you tried stacking in PS, I'd definitely recommend using Sequator, it's a free sky stacking software that does a great job and removes lots of the noise you're seeing (again, YouTube is your friends here :) ). Source: almost 3 years ago
To compensate you can increase your ISO, but try to keep the shutterspeed below 20 seconds. To get around the noise you can stack your images in a program like sequator which will also help bring out some of the fainter stars and the milky way. Source: about 3 years ago
I edited a series of 12 shots in Lightroom then exported them. They were then stacked using Sequator https://sites.google.com/site/sequatorglobal/. Source: over 3 years ago
So my workflow is, stacking: sequator following this tutorial. After stacking try using siril for processing/editing using this tutorial. For little touch ups use the free lightroom app on your phone for best result. All of these programs are free and easy to use, if you have any questions feel free to ask :). Source: over 3 years ago
Then I used adjusted the raw images in photoshop and ran them through a program called sequator that helps stack them and enhance the image. I then went back to photoshop and tweaked the levels and added in the satellite trails that crossed a few exposures. Source: over 3 years ago
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