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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 681896" data-attributes="member: 13196">Question for anyone regarding Milky Way photography...a Facebook friend and his son were out last night in an area where someone was taking 3-minute exposures of the Andromeda Galaxy and the ring nebula in Lyra. He said the photographer had a computer connected to his camera where he could track any movement of the stars. Supposedly his 3-minute exposures weren't to have any movement. I was under the impression anything that long would record as slight star trails. Does anyone know how long you can take night exposures without star movement? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />&nbsp;@<a href="https://nikonites.com/member-11881-moab-man.html" target="_blank">Moab Man</a> could you please weigh in?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 681896, member: 13196"] Question for anyone regarding Milky Way photography...a Facebook friend and his son were out last night in an area where someone was taking 3-minute exposures of the Andromeda Galaxy and the ring nebula in Lyra. He said the photographer had a computer connected to his camera where he could track any movement of the stars. Supposedly his 3-minute exposures weren't to have any movement. I was under the impression anything that long would record as slight star trails. Does anyone know how long you can take night exposures without star movement? :confused: @[URL="https://nikonites.com/member-11881-moab-man.html"]Moab Man[/URL] could you please weigh in? [/QUOTE]

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