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This time i set up my old dslr and a tripod for the shooting, and i shot 70 30s frames. It seems like there's a problem with sharpness, but im not sure if its because i lack a star tracker, the lens was slightly out of focus, or because of atmospheric wobble.

Here's some behind the scene images:

The camera is a nikon D5100, a low/midrange camera from almost 14 yeas ago mounted to a cheap tripod. The white box on top of said camera is the battery which i made from 2 old powerbanks because im a cheapass and couldnt be asked to buy a proper one :)

I saw the nothern lights too!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Atmospheric shimmering shouldn't matter at that zoom level and much less so at 30s exposures so you can probably rule that out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does the stacking software handle alignment as the earth rotates? If so, that's pretty cool. I'm tempted to take a stab at this if that's the case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yup deep sky stacker tracks the stars so you don't need a physical star tracker. Give it a shot, and post it here :)