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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mike150" data-source="post: 89331" data-attributes="member: 2287">If you can't get a shutter release or remote, you can eliminate some shake by setting the self-timer.  Sure it's a 10 second delay but it gets you hand off the camera.With a 300mm lens at full extension, you'll start picking up star trails after only 2 seconds of exposure.  I've been reading about some Freeware called Deep Sky Stacker. <a href="http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html" target="_blank">DeepSkyStacker - Free</a>  I haven't tried it yet, but you're supposed to be able to take about 100 short exposures and the software stacks them one on top of another giving you a lot more visible stars.</blockquote>