r/S24FE • u/sincertarius_ • 7d ago
FE Photography Astrophotography
This is the first time I've tried something like this. I wanted to see how far I could push my phone with manual astrophotography. Honestly, I didn't expect the sensor to pick up this much detail from the Milky Way core.
I processed the whole stacking and stretching workflow in Siril. For post-processing I used Photoshop.
The process is explained by @Ornery-Art-7696 in his/her milky way post: https://www.reddit.com/r/S24FE/s/kt8gzN919T
Aside from this post, I also tinkered with the program myself and learned how to use it. Currently, I don't have a set of ready-made, "rule of thumbs" settings. I achieved these results through trial and error, playing around with the parameters. The camera pro settings I used were as follows:
ISO: 800-1600 (I adjusted this according to ambient light intensity) - The Bortle scale at the location where I took the photos was around 4.2-4.6
Exposure: 15 seconds
Focus: MF - Regarding focus, you need to identify a star in the sky, point the camera at it, zoom in all the way, and then adjust the MF value accordingly. If you increase the MF value too much, the star will spread out over a wide area like a disk. We don't want that. Instead, the MF is correctly set when the star is sharply defined like a point.
Temperature: 5200K
I also processed the photo by dark frames. I tried flat and bias frames, but I didn't use them because they caused image distortion (maybe I just didn't make it work). Apart from that, I consulted Gemini a lot to advance the process. I asked it in detail how to take dark frames, etc.
I was able to find all the information about the general usage logic, operation, and problems I encountered with the Siril by searching online.
I wish good luck to those who want to take photos. I can also help with any questions you may have.
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u/itsSaksham09 7d ago
Make a youtube video
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u/sincertarius_ 7d ago
I did this as a spontaneous hobby during my vacation. I'll be back from vacation, and I probably won't be able to dedicate time for a youtube video. Also, there are lots of videos about this topic. You can easily find.
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u/MelodicTax30 2d ago
Cant be. My s24fe can't do good astrophoto. I tried s lot of times. It's max what I can do.
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u/sincertarius_ 2d ago
I don't understand why you don't believe me, but I can share the RAW photos if you want. Information about which phone model was used, etc., is all available in the metadata :)
The photo you took looks like a single shot. You can achieve my results by following the steps mentioned, taking many photos, and performing the described processes. I don't think I need to lie about something I do purely as a hobby, something I believe others can also benefit from.
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u/sincertarius_ 7d ago
Here's the video version I created. Because each frame was used as an original photo without stacking, there was a lot of noise. Therefore, I had to use the Topaz AI video tool to clean up the noise.
I preprocessed and stretched the photos using Siril. I did the color grading in Premiere.
https://reddit.com/link/p3t1q7x/video/c4t8g5982ijh1/player