Bodes and Cigar Galaxies with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, Bortle 9 🙂

by alch_emy2

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  1. Heya, a mobile astrophotographer wannabe here! This is a picture taken from my bortle 9 backyard (I initially thought it was bortle 7.5 – 8, but LP map says otherwise)

    ## Acquisition:

    – Move Shoot Move Nomad tracker, Didyclips
    – Iso 800, 30 sec subs
    – roughly 21 hours (and still going!) across 6 nights + darks for each night

    ## Stacking:
    – Batch stack ~50-60 subs at a time (per night)
    – Intermediate stack for batches per night
    – Final stack 6 nights
    – All done in Siril

    ## Processing:
    – GraXpert for gradient removal, noise reduction
    – Siril for green noise reduction
    – Photoshop for curves, star/galaxy masking.