1st Ever Star Trail Shot using Magic Lantern

[genchuba]

Thank you Magic Lantern... More to Come!



Details:

Date/Time: Oct.7 10:11PM - Oct. 8 12:27AM

Facing: South-West, barely missing the Celestial South Pole.

Setup: 30 minutes
Shot Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes

RAW: 30 secs / f4.5 / ISO800
Intervalometer(ML): 35 secs / stop at 200shots

Total Photos: 133 --> because the battery died..

[painya]

What did you use to compile?

[genchuba]

Here's my 2nd Attempt.

Now Pointing at Celestial South Pole since we can't see the north star (polaris) here in New Zealand.

This is actually a failure. Just rendered and processed 60 out of 140+ photos. The rest are all fog up!  Lesson learned always check your camera and temperature to prevent fog shots.  -- but in spite of that, the photo turned to be ok, do you agree?

[genchuba]

What did you use to compile?

Hi, I use StarSTax to compile my images. Pretty Good Software!

[dmilligan]

The rest are all fog up!  Lesson learned always check your camera and temperature to prevent fog shots.

I like to use the chemical handwarmers. I wrap them up around my lens with a sock. They usually last all night and pretty are cheap. I live in the southeastern US, where in the summer, humidity barely drops below 95%... during the day!

[c2s07]

The spaceship called "Earth"... or a humongous carousel, take your pick.