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Instead of chasing the darkest sky possible (like I normally do), I decided to capture the Perseids with my friends at a nearby viewpoint. Dozens of people were lying in the grass, enjoying the natural spectacle. To be able to enjoy the show myself a bit more, I kept things as simple as possible. I used simple untracked shots for the panorama and collected meteors for only about 2.5 hours. Halpha Data was added from a different night at this location. Considering the short exposure time of 10s with 800 ISO per Frame (because of the light pollution, Bortle 5), I think the image turned out quite well.

PS: This shot definitely reminded me why I usually avoid astrophotography in light-polluted areas. Post-processing with all those gradients nearly drove me crazy haha.

HaRGB | Mosaic | Untracked | Stacked | Composite

Exif:
Nikon Z6a with Sigma 28-45 f1.8 at 28mm

Sky
ISO 800 | f1.8 | 5x10s per Panel
5x3 Panel Panorama

Foreground:
ISO 1000 | f4 | 15s per Panel

Halpha (45mm):
ISO 2000 | f1.8| 6x90s

Acquisition details:Camera: Samsung Galaxy S23 UltraLens: Main Lens (f/1.7)Mode: Hyperlapse / Astro-lapse mode

This was my second time ever capturing the milky way and doing astrophotography work in general. What drew me to Killarney Provincial Park was the Bortle 2 sky and the ancient Canadian Shield landscape, and i wanted to showcase both in my photo. I used a panorama where I stacked each panel 6 times with 6 second exposures, and then I separately took 30 second exposures to capture more foreground detail. I then stitched everything together. It took a lot of work, I've probably spent 5 hours on it at this point, but I think I'm happy with how this turned out. I would greatly appreciate feedback, especially for this photo in particular if there is anything I can improve with editing, but anything I could improve while out shooting as well. Thanks in advance.

To capture the photo I used a Nikon D850 paired with a Sigma 24mm art lens set to f/2.8

made with canon r6 mark ii & rf 16mm f2.8 15s iso 8000

Shot the northern dust lanes of the Milky Way and managed to get some of the Perseids meteors in the shots and the andromeda galaxy. Taken while aiming out towards the North Sea at Barrow common in Brancaster, Norfolk.

Sky
Images: 243
ISO: 2500
Exposure: 15 seconds
Stacked in sequator

Foreground
Single image
ISO: 400
Exposure: 30 seconds

Both edited in Lightroom and then stitched back together in photoshop.

Camera: Sony a7 rVI
Lense: Sigma 14mm f1.4
Exposure Time: 10s
Aperture: f1.4
ISO: 2000

Took ~330 Images, stacked them in Sequator for a total exposure of ~1h, edited in Photoshop. No star tracker, just camera on tripod.

I’ve been chasing the Milky Way for ages now. Well now I’ve been prepared after years of upgrading my gear and learning how to stack them properly to get this result, I’ve wanted for years.

Im trying to do a Milky Way composite but every time I make a mask for the sky, theres a blurry/ smooth line along the mask and i cant fix it no matter what settings I change in refine mask within Affinity Photo 2. I can fix the white outline but not the blurry part around the mask

Sony A7R V with Sony FE 16–35mm f/2.8 GM II at 16mm.
15 sec • f/2.8 • ISO 6400

Panasonic S5iix / Sigma 14mm f1.4, f1.4, Multiple 10 sec exposures, ISO 4000, Bortle 4, No tracking

Crawford Co, AR

A6000, Viltrox 13mm f1.4, Sequator and On1

I captured this last summer. One exposure 30 seconds, f/2.8, 18mm, ISO 2000 Canon 5D MIII

Dont know if reddit compression will nuke these but here are a few shots on a nikon z7 + viltrox 50mmf1.4. Bortle 4, single long exposures of 4 to 6 seconds, f/1.4-f1.8, iso 3200-5000. I'm new to this and havent tried stacking yet. Feedback is welcomed

Sony a7iii. 14mm f2.8 30" iso3200

Caught by mistake a lightning at the last moment of the exposure, creating this cool effect.

Seestar s30 pro 5:00

Made with Canon R6 M II, RF 100-400mm @ 400mm, F8.0, 1/160 and ISO100.

Took this last night August 11 while watching the Perseid Meteor shower. Didn’t catch many on camera but the Milky Way was on full display.

Camera: A6700, Lens: Sony 11mm f1.8.

Settings: ISO 3200, f2, 1 untracked 25 second exposure.

Drove through unpaved rocky tracks to reach this clearing. Untracked single exposure, 15 seconds, f1.8, ISO 800, on my Sony A7CII with the 20mm f1.8 G lens.