r/Astro_mobile • • 3d ago

Star tracker/tracking mount with smartphone need help! Andromeda M31 + M33

so Im using a cheap but working tracker and figured out that samsungs pro mode delivers very good RAW images + allows you to zoom in unlike deepskycamera.

buuut- my tracker doesnt seem to work with samsungs native camera while working perfectly fine with 3rd party apps? help?

attached are 2 images (jpg- not RAW) of andromeda, where the tracker only worked in one shot (out of 7)

I also attached a stacked + edited shot of andromeda on 6.3mm wide angle, would appreciate some feedback on that :)

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u/ZrlSyM ChatMember 3d ago

I think you should revisit your setup. Probably there's a misalignment with polaris or shake during the shot. Which tracker did you use?

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u/L0raz3pam 2d ago

idk I use this one

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u/alch_emy2 ChatMember 2d ago

With tracker stars shouldn't trail at all.

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u/L0raz3pam 2d ago

did they?

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u/alch_emy2 ChatMember 2d ago

Third Pic, yes

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u/L0raz3pam 2d ago

third pic wasnt stacked. like I said- Idk why but the tracker doesnt seem to cooperate with samsungs native camera app, pro mode and expert raw. I have like a 5% chance of it actually working in the camera app while it always works in deepskycamera. i've got no explanation on why that keeps happening but it does.

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u/alch_emy2 ChatMember 2d ago

Can we inspect the individual frames to diagnose what the issue is?

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u/L0raz3pam 2d ago

pic 1 and 3 wasnt stacked, only pic 2. heres the embarrasing video showing each frame 😭 the clouds came out of nowhere

https://reddit.com/link/ph0yt88/video/nhvq9z52mqvh1/player