Observing equipment
Star Tracker
A small, portable motorised mount that slowly turns a camera to follow the stars, so that long exposures capture faint detail without the stars trailing into streaks. It has made wide-field astrophotography of the Milky Way accessible to anyone with a camera.
Methods, objects & tools
Across public astronomy
Knowledge connections
- Associated withEquatorial Mount
- Associated withCamera
- Associated withEquatorial Mount
- Associated withAstrophotography Planner
- Associated withAstrophotography
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.