Astrophotography mode takes a 4 minute night sight exposure

  • lefty7283@lemmy.world
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    Pretty good for a phone! I’m guessing it’s doing some kind of stacking process? I think there would be some streaking with a single 4 min exposure, but your stars look nice and sharp

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 day ago

      I’m assuming there is some sort of stacking process involved in the software as well, but that’s just how it came out. It actually provided me with a one second video of the process too where you can watch the Stars move a little. But the picture I posted is exactly as I got it off the camera, I posted it from the same phone I took it with.

      Edit: here’s the video, I converted it to a gif in the original orientation.

      • Asafum@feddit.nl
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        It seems to have improved since the pixel 8. I started doing astrophotography with my phone and I’d always get star trails. Haven’t tried again since getting my seestar lol I love that thing

    • Tempus Fugit@midwest.social
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      Yes, iirc it’s 4 min worth of ~15 second exposures that get stitched together. Most smartphones within the last 5 years should be able to do this too. I know on my Pixel 7 you just have to put the camera in night mode and leave it still for a few seconds to trigger the astrophoto mode.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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      It probably crops in to overlay all images perfectly. I’m guessing if the trees were lit they’d be blurry.