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Move Shoot Move — World’s smallest star tracker review
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Move Shoot Move — World’s smallest star tracker review

Astrophotography is a little rabbit hole, jump in at your peril. One day you’re ecstatic that you’ve gotten a shot in focus, then the next day you’re researching star trackers. Welcome to the beautiful insanity, Dear Reader.

Now, if you’re like me, size is going to be a big factor in what you buy. You’re already going to have a tripod, a wide angle lens, and you’re probably heading out into the wilderness to get away from that pesky light pollution.

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How to EDIT (and stack!) your Astrophotography images
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How to EDIT (and stack!) your Astrophotography images

So you’ve got your astrophotography images on your computer. You apply your usual editing techniques… and it all ends up as a noisy mess.

Fear not! Astrophotography processing is slightly different from the usual photo editing but it isn’t too complicated. Here I’ll go through the best methods to get the most out of your astrophotography in editing. I’ll go over photo stacking to reduce noise, using software like Starry Landscape Stacker, as well as some alternatives.

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