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Stacked my phone shots against a cheap tracker and the difference was ridiculous
Last Saturday I went out to this dark spot near the river with my tripod and took maybe 50 stacked exposures of Orion. Thought they looked decent on the back of the camera. Then my buddy showed up with a used Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer he got for $150 and took a single 2 minute tracked shot. The detail in the nebula was like comparing a blurry photo to a clear one. Made me wonder if I should just save for a tracker instead of spending more time on stacking software. Has anyone else made the switch from untracked to a basic tracker and seen that big a jump?
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jade_lane192d ago
like comparing a blurry photo to a clear one" pretty much sums up my experience too.
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Oh wow, that's a massive difference. Did it take you long to learn how to actually use the tracker or was it pretty straightforward?
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