Milky Way core from Bortle 1 [Untracked]

Astrophotography
#1

I shot this a couple of months ago in Hanle, Ladakh [Dark Bortle 1 region]
Image was cropped slightly due to a noisy cloud coming on the bottom left corner
There is some chromatic aberration due to lens quality

Gear used:

  • Canon T3i [600D]
  • Canon 28-80mm kit lens [at 28mm]
  • Tripod

Settings:

  • F/3.5
  • 10 sec shutter speed
  • ISO 6400
  • Daylight WB

Processing:

  • 100 10 second exposures, stacked in Sequator
  • Background extraction done in Siril
  • Editing and levels/curves adjustments done in GIMP
  • Slight noise reduction/tweaking done in Lightroom Mobile
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#2

Hi @aaravs, This looks pretty good. Next time you get the opportunity to shoot the milky way, try 5-8 second exposures to see if you have no star trailing. If you see no star trailing, take as many photos as you can and stack them.

Vijay

#3

Yeah, I’ll try that soon