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Anybody using MFT bodies for astrophotography?

Started Oct 8, 2016 | Discussions thread
mjc1 Contributing Member • Posts: 501
Re: Anybody using MFT bodies for astrophotography?
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Honestly, the moon is so bright you can easily shoot low ISO and noise isn't really a problem. I have never tried to stack moon images, never really seen the need. Stacking works best for very faint images where your tracking accuracy is insufficient to get enough photons in one shot before tracking errors mess up the image. Stacking is also good when shooting planets with a webcam type setup as software can pick and choose the best few dozen shots out of thousands, can combine them into a single very good shot. Planetary rotation can factor into this, but typically not a big issue. Again, not something needed with the moon, it's plenty big and bright to just shoot at low ISO and don't have to worry about tracking or stacking.  Just getting your focus correct is more than enough to worry about in the beginning!

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