This photo taken with my homemade sidereal tracker that compensates for the pitch rate of ISS (0.064 degrees per second) so longish (30 second) time exposures are now possible. Without tracking, about half second exposure is the longest without notable star motion. More star photos to come.
Nikon Z9, 14mm Sigma f1.4 lens, 20 seconds, ISO 12800, adjusted in Photoshop, levels, contrast, color.
pas_tense on
Is there a reason you shouldn’t be able to see stars if you’re in space?
interestricted on
Looks like a great shot. But I can’t seem to find the details in the comments OP
sweatycat on
Wow! What a rare and unique view of the stars and space! Beautiful!
FocusIsFragile on
Wait, you can see galaxies with the naked eye?!?!
Kaptein_Kast on
Now that’s a 70’s album cover if I ever saw one!
Sequence_Zero on
Wow, this is like.. An actual Astronaut in space and not just a theoretical or historical view. That’s amazing man. Thanks for sharing.
Galaxyman0917 on
Stars and galaxies too apparently, those are the Magellanic Clouds right?
stoichedonistescu on
So this is actually what you actually see when you look out the window of the ISS?
TheBirdIsOnTheFire on
Stars?! In space?! No way, that’s just unbelievable.
Monotropic_wizardhat on
Wow!
Tangentially related point: I always wondered what the stars would look like from different places in the universe. I guess we could work it out by looking at the distances of all the stars from the perspective. I’m trying to imagine looking from somewhere at the center of the galaxy – how much of the picture would just be covered in stars, I wonder?
Rotundroomba on
This is awesome, in the literal sense of the word
Askymojo on
Beautiful photo! Can you do a side-by-side picture that shows how visible the stars are to your naked eye, to your recollection?
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This photo taken with my homemade sidereal tracker that compensates for the pitch rate of ISS (0.064 degrees per second) so longish (30 second) time exposures are now possible. Without tracking, about half second exposure is the longest without notable star motion. More star photos to come.
Nikon Z9, 14mm Sigma f1.4 lens, 20 seconds, ISO 12800, adjusted in Photoshop, levels, contrast, color.
Is there a reason you shouldn’t be able to see stars if you’re in space?
Looks like a great shot. But I can’t seem to find the details in the comments OP
Wow! What a rare and unique view of the stars and space! Beautiful!
Wait, you can see galaxies with the naked eye?!?!
Now that’s a 70’s album cover if I ever saw one!
Wow, this is like.. An actual Astronaut in space and not just a theoretical or historical view. That’s amazing man. Thanks for sharing.
Stars and galaxies too apparently, those are the Magellanic Clouds right?
So this is actually what you actually see when you look out the window of the ISS?
Stars?! In space?! No way, that’s just unbelievable.
Wow!
Tangentially related point: I always wondered what the stars would look like from different places in the universe. I guess we could work it out by looking at the distances of all the stars from the perspective. I’m trying to imagine looking from somewhere at the center of the galaxy – how much of the picture would just be covered in stars, I wonder?
This is awesome, in the literal sense of the word
Beautiful photo! Can you do a side-by-side picture that shows how visible the stars are to your naked eye, to your recollection?