Questions tagged “astrophotography”

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Why do my astrophotos show a bright or gradient circle in the center?

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JRPestel

4mo ago

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132

Is there an app that can tell me when the Sun or Moon will line up with a spot in the sky or a landmark?

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Bennett

4mo ago

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Why do stars in my tracked astrophotos have a small 'tail' or comet shape?

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Neppomuk

5mo ago

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255

Is a CLS light-pollution filter still useful under modern LED street lighting?

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Neppomuk

5mo ago

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Why does the red channel look softer than green and blue in my stacked astrophotos?

canon-dslr bayer-sensor astrophotography chromatic-aberration demosaicing

Neppomuk

10mo ago

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How can I manually focus on stars in live view for astrophotography?

live-view nikon-d7100 astrophotography manual-focus stars

Danilo Jonić

11mo ago

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183

Why do stars show up as blue and yellow blobs in my Milky Way photo?

night-photography post-processing milky-way astrophotography focus

Sean Markus

1y ago

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109

Are the dots around Saturn stars or just noise in a single heavily edited shot?

night-photography post-processing saturn astrophotography image-noise

madhur3u

1y ago

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181

What can cause bright red streaks near the northern horizon in 15-second night-sky photos?

night-photography long-exposure meteors aircraft astrophotography

Neppomuk

1y ago

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162

How can I improve my first Milky Way photos with an 18–55mm lens?

canon milky-way long-exposure astrophotography stacking

sam

2y ago

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162

Do you need an ND filter to photograph the moon?

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Tom

2y ago

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173

When should you stack multiple exposures instead of using one long exposure for noise reduction?

image-stacking tripod long-exposure noise-reduction astrophotography

Not_Einstein

2y ago

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How do I combine RGB FITS channels in GIMP and reduce a green gradient in an astrophotography image?

color-processing gimp astrophotography rgb-composite fits

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

2y ago

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230

How does image stacking work in astrophotography if the sky is rotating?

image-stacking deep-sky astrophotography planetary star-tracker

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

2y ago

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How can I photograph stars through a cockpit window with a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra?

reflections samsung-galaxy night-photography astrophotography smartphone-photography

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

2y ago

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How can I make the Milky Way stand out more in my photos?

light-pollution image-stacking post-processing milky-way astrophotography

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

3y ago

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130

How do I convert the Panasonic FZ70's zoom factor to focal length for the 500 rule?

bridge-camera astrophotography panasonic focal-length zoom

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

3y ago

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Do camera makers apply noise reduction or sharpening to RAW files?

sharpening camera-processing noise-reduction astrophotography raw

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

3y ago

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Why do astrophotographers use wide apertures if depth of field gets shallower?

depth-of-field aperture astrophotography focus infinity-focus

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

3y ago

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Why do stars sometimes look like blobs or distorted shapes in photos?

atmospheric-seeing astrophotography focus stars image-quality

Photography Stack Exchange contributor

3y ago

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