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Very nice. If you have any details regarding exposure, #frames, etc, that would be interesting since I'm just now going up to astro learning curve with my new star tracker.
 
The shot consists of 6 stacks of 4 x 8 second exposures in portrait mode f1.2 ISO 5000. Each group of 4 was stacked using Sequator, then the 6 shots were stitched into a panorama
 
Thanks, that's a very interesting exposure time. I'll have to give it some thought.
 
I have found with the 61MP of the A7CR that I need to limit my shots to about 10 seconds with my 16mm lens, and 8 seconds with the 35mm lens. Of course stacking them e
helps reduce transient objects like satellites, and noise from the stacked shot while expanding the overall exposure time. The effective shutter speed for each of the shots in the panorama was 32 seconds. For panoramas I limit myself to 4 or 5 exposures per panel, but for single frames I would usually stack 10 shots. Of course with a star tracker mount my exposure times would be longer.
 

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Astro & Celestial
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DaveC Oz
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Device
SONY ILCE-7CR
Lens
Viltrox AF 35/1.2 LAB FE
Aperture
ƒ/1.2000000476837
Focal length
35.0 mm
Exposure time
32 second(s)
ISO
5000
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
Bonnie Doon pano.jpg
File size
6.8 MB
Date taken
Sat, 14 March 2026 12:06 AM
Dimensions
3000px x 2452px
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