Randomly found this nice little tool on youtube, and decided to try it out, the result is pretty awesome.
Too bad for the contrail, but that doesn't matter really, this was only a quick first test.
This is a stack of 13 shots with 10 sec exposuretime each, shot with my cheapo dslr Canon500D and kitlens.
After this first test I installed Magic Lantern firmware (https://magiclantern.fm/) on my camera to make things easier for the next time.
Here is a link to the stacking tool I used to make the awesome picture below :
https://sites.google.com/site/sequatorglobal/
- Quote :
- Sequator is a free software which can track stars on multiple images, align stars and stack them.
If you don't have an equatorial mount, by stacking non-blur star images in short-time exposures, the result will be almost similar to long-exposure on an equatorial mount. However, Sequator can control the exposure properly by auto-brightness or HDR-mode output, in 16-bit TIFF for further post processing. Additionally average random noises, rather than over-exposed on a physical equatorial mount.
Because of the lightpollution normally on a clear day I can see the stars of Cygnus and a very faint glow of the milkyway behind it.
Below is 1 of 13 shots, and somewhat resembles what I can see normally, though it's actually even less.
After stacking the 13 pictures and postprocessing I could see this :