This time i set up my old dslr and a tripod for the shooting, and i shot 70 30s frames. It seems like there’s a problem with sharpness, but im not sure if its because i lack a star tracker, the lens was slightly out of focus, or because of atmospheric wobble.
Here’s some behind the scene images:
The camera is a nikon D5100, a low/midrange camera from almost 14 yeas ago mounted to a cheap tripod.
The white box on top of said camera is the battery which i made from 2 old powerbanks because im a cheapass and couldnt be asked to buy a proper one :)
I saw the nothern lights too!
Atmospheric shimmering shouldn’t matter at that zoom level and much less so at 30s exposures so you can probably rule that out.
Does the stacking software handle alignment as the earth rotates? If so, that’s pretty cool. I’m tempted to take a stab at this if that’s the case.
Yup deep sky stacker tracks the stars so you don’t need a physical star tracker. Give it a shot, and post it here :)
