STAR TRAILS on ANY Android Phone! Full Tutorial

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Star Trails make for an excellent first astrophotography project, and they can be captured and edited entirely on your Android phone. Watch this video to find out how! The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/nebulaphotos01231
==Apps mentioned==
Stellarium Mobile: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Intervalometer for Timelapse: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Star Trails: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Snapseed: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
==Contents==
0:00 Intro
0:30 Physical Items needed
0:48 Apps to download
1:58 Preparing to shoot
4:21 Easy method (only on some phones)
5:10 Skillshare (sponsor)
6:03 Intervalometer for Timelapse (capture)
10:00 Star Trails (stacking)
11:34 Snapseed (editing)
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@BigBadLoneWolf Год назад

Thanks for keeping it to basics, for people wanting to get into astro. I just watched the first minute of a video, and the guy brought out a sky watcher hgq 5 pro and a sky watcher eta D telescope, with a guide scope. Most people with be overwhelmed with info when the start out. Keeping it simple with the first steps, and using what you have, before investing in items you will use only for astro, is a good idea. edit. the video description, was Beginners guide

@edu-pm Год назад

Some default cameras like Xiaomi ones, already has a built in intervalometer, so you can save some money.

@sseng9787 Год назад

I use autoclicker

@micha0001 Год назад

Thank you for not posting things "only for IPhone" 👍

@MathaGoram Год назад

Many, many thanks for the quick response to the requests for this tutorial. Regards.

@ericslattery5080 Год назад

You're right, Nico. This is exactly how I got started! I didn't do any of the editing on my phone though; offloaded to PC and stacked there. Might have to try this though once it clears up!

@photographybysayani 8 месяцев назад

Thank you a ton for sharing the basics. I was struggling a lot yesterday clicking again and again 😕 but with blur results.

@juancaamano Год назад

Mate, the apps are compatible with any phone! Well done and thank you for that dedication in the research. Cheers, mate!

@woody5109 Год назад

Another home run, thanks for sharing

@anlnov Год назад

Beautiful!

@mahdiansari3727 10 месяцев назад

Thanks bro It was helpful

@benoootjes Год назад

Superb explanation. I downloaded the apps and hopefully the weather in Belgium will clear up, so I can test it. Always been into physics, studied it in university and recently been into astronomy and your videos are very entertaining, helpful and educational. Keep up the good work.

@artiraina5857 Год назад

Nice sir This is going to help me a lot.

@todaysworldjw Год назад

😀 Looks good Nico, I do like using my 'in camera' star trails on the Honor 10 lite, but this means I can also use my Samsung, thanks for sharing this 👍

@lifesbetteronaboard Год назад

Quality content

@brianshres123 4 месяца назад

Nice🔥🔥

@cisarvialpando7412 Год назад

Finally it's on Android tutorial

@anuranjan0101 Год назад

I have owned huawei p30 pro for 3 yrs now and till date have never felt the need to update.. camera is really good.

@kevanhubbard9673 Год назад

It's amazing on what a phone can capture given the lense must only be about a millimeter across.I took a picture of Orion and Sirius rising over some cliffs during a nocturnal hike using my Google Pixel 3a and I was amazed at how many stars it captured and the Moon was virtually full too!I'd say use the clamp the other way around in case the phone fell out! Although best do in on grass rather than tar or concrete.Speaking of Octants I wonder if a phone camera could pick up Sigma Octantis but as I live way north of the Equator I won't get to find out!

@arteguhsetiawan_0000 Год назад

watching from Infonesia

@devdath2957 Год назад

Do you recommend Deepskycamera cause it has a built in intervalometer in it

@emanrovemanchan1527 8 месяцев назад

Actually i like the look with the blue background and the iluminated trees

@fadzilgoh2411 Год назад

Im doing smartphone Astrophotography for almost 2 years. Recommended apps:Deepsky camera,Pro cam, Snapseed,LRmobile and startrails👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@saikattalukder2180 7 месяцев назад

Do you know about any camera app which has manual control for iso and shutter speed? The stock camera app in my android doesn't have pro mode.

@davep3936 Год назад

Thanks for the video! Any idea what storage requirements were needed for all those images prior to stacking?

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

Using a common phone sensor size (12mb), we can guess each JPEG would be around 4MB - so if you took 1,000 photos, you would need 4GB of space.

@md.monirulislamchowdhuryre944 Год назад

could you please further tell, how to make a starlapse video?

@JoshKevinPolan Год назад

Is it possible to stack stacked photos on DSS?

@Nareimooncatt Год назад

4:45 You demonstrated how some stock apps may have the star trail option and the example you used showed planes or satellites leaving trails as well, which I've seen people say can be a problem. In your final result image from your method, those unwanted trails are not there. Did you just get lucky that time, or does this method prevent them from appearing in the final image?

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

In the second method, you can choose not to stack the images with planes, but I got lucky and there weren’t any. I think the key to avoiding them is to start later at night as not many fly after midnight.

@1jutaananganang716 11 месяцев назад

Hi, can I replace the intervalometer with an auto clicker?

@reahs4815 Год назад

You should use deepskycamera (free) as it will let you use longer exposure and ISO +RAW than your native camera app. It also allows you to set up 1-9999 photo series

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

Great app. I would have recommended it, but unfortunately it doesn't work with all Android phones and I was after a universal method. I had to reject many methods for this reason.

Год назад

Hi Nico. When can we expect the astro critique video?

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

Some time in February is my goal.

@aspirant1997 Месяц назад

While experimenting, i was only able to select 100 pictures. How can i select more than that?

@wildan1010 Год назад

Review default camera vs gcam mod plizz

@khingba 4 месяца назад

i use this star trail app for stagging but i can only select 100 photos

@eng-mohammadalabadi-9381 6 месяцев назад

Query. What type of phone is used..... Would you recommend Sony Xperia 1 III?

@NebulaPhotos 6 месяцев назад

Yes, the Sony would be great for this. I used a Huawei P30 Pro. A bit older but it’s camera system was ahead of its time

@ondrovysilenosti 8 месяцев назад

Is there any reason not to use some free autoclicker instead of intetvalometer gor timelapse?

@DS_Dronezone 10 месяцев назад

I can't download the star trails app on a Google pixel 7??

@stormcatcher1000 Год назад

Thanks for your guidance. But can you recommend me others apps instead of star trails you shared because I don't know my phone can't download it from Google play. My device is Google pixel 6 pro. Thank you so much.

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

Try Light Trails: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilephoton.lighttrails&hl=en_US

@stormcatcher1000 Год назад

@@NebulaPhotos I downloaded and try to stack my old photos. It's quite good. Thank you so much.

@stephenbrown1314 Год назад

Great video but the Star Trails app isn't available for my Android phone. Can you recommend a substitute?

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

See if 'Light Trails - Star Trails' by the developer Mobile Photon is available. It works, I just slightly preferred the one I showed 'Star Trails' by the developer SLASH.

@stephenbrown1314 Год назад

@@NebulaPhotos Yup! I found it. I'll play around this weekend. Planning a trip to Yosemite in June and want to take it as well as my big-boy camera. Thank you! Steve

@realnicorobin8798 11 месяцев назад

me on my galaxy s22 ultra with 300x star trail mode built into default cam app, and astrophotography mode (for single photos) built into expert raw app thats free and only on s series samsung phones , all i need is a tripod and a power bank (if im shooting for 6+hours) (but sad life i live in a polluted city and the light pollution is just tooo much, )

@kedardeshmukh8075 Год назад

Hey! just curious why did you choose a lower shutter speed with a high iso instead of a longer shutter speed and low iso?

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

I've used this particular phone (Huawei P30 Pro) a lot for different astrophotography projects and found ISO6400 avoids problems with noise and banding, while those are more of a problem at lower ISO values. So I picked that ISO first and then adjusted shutter speed to as long as it could be without blowing out the scene (for full moon that was 2.5s, but in new moon I could do up much longer, but kept to 5s, because I wanted to preserve color in even the brightest stars). Since every phone is different, I can't tell you if this advice will work perfectly for every phone, but in general, I'd say don't be afraid to try ISO3200 or 6400 if you have pro mode on your android phone. With these small sensors, the low ISOs should really only be used when you have a lot of light (daylight).

@kedardeshmukh8075 Год назад

@@NebulaPhotos thanks for the detailed reply!!

@strykker666 10 месяцев назад

Could you lay a dslr camera lens light pollution filter over the phone camera lens? Or would that not work at all?

@NebulaPhotos 10 месяцев назад

You could try it if you already have one. I would suggest some electrical tape to secure it. I think technically it will work, but I wouldn’t buy a filter specifically for this purpose as generally LP filters and wide angle shots like this aren’t a good pairing, and I can’t really see how it would enhance a star trails shot.

@strykker666 10 месяцев назад

@@NebulaPhotos Thanks, Nico. Agreed. Just thinking out loud. I definitely wouldn't but a filter just to try this. I have some, so I might give it a try. But I'm also just jumping into the astrophotography ocean. Keep up the amazing work, and clear skies!

@kevinridley8883 Год назад

have you got the apps for the i phone to do this ?

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

Yep, here’s the video I made for doing it on iPhones: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZUyBOxOapao.html

@pesmaestro6601 Год назад

What will be the iso??

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

I had mine at 3200

@sagarusama2 Год назад

Can I take 30s exposures My phone already has Pro mode and intervelometer it is a redmi phone

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

Yes, with a dark sky. I have found I can retain a bit more star color with shorter exposures though (5-10 seconds). The benefit of 30s exposures is it would take up less space on the phone (fewer total photos).

@hamzaofficial10 5 месяцев назад

I cannot select more than 100 picture

@felixcoe1047 Год назад

I know I'm very much a bit late to this but is anyone else unable to install the startrails app? it's not coming up on my version of the Google play store (UK) and when I clicked the link in the description the install button was greyed out. Any other apps that work?

@michaelbartlett1244 Год назад

I also found that on my Samsung Galaxy S21 the store said it was not Available..

@felixcoe1047 Год назад

@@michaelbartlett1244 I've got a pixel 6 so it's definitely not just one brand of phone

@abderrahmenebenounene3166 Год назад

Some phones doesn't support the camera2 api, So they don't have manual mode.

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

Yes, but some Android phones that don't have manual (pro) mode, still have 'night mode' or some other long exposure mode. I think this method should work to some degree even with short exposures - although it wouldn't be as practical since your phone would fill up with photos pretty quickly.

@abderrahmenebenounene3166 Год назад

@@NebulaPhotos Yeah, btw thanks for your videos.

@josh8560 Год назад

Does this work on iPhone?

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

I have a separate video here for Star Trails on iPhone: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZUyBOxOapao.html

@josh8560 Год назад

@@NebulaPhotos Thanks!

@narayanancn8831 Год назад

My phne doesn't have pro mode 😭. Can you help me with an app

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

Does it have any special photography modes? What phone? DeepSkyCamera app may help - depends on your phone model though which is why I didn’t mention it in the video

@P00P2OO Год назад

If you use an iPhone even longer app or reeflex app can do that

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

I have a separate video for iPhone for which I recommends ‘NightCap Camera’ app as it has a star trails mode: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZUyBOxOapao.html

@narayanancn8831 Год назад

@@NebulaPhotos thanks mine is a nokia 3.4 ☺️🥺

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

According to this manual: www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/support/nokia-3-4-user-guide/use-your-camera-like-a-pro?locale=en-US Nokia 3.4 has a 'Night Mode.' Have you tried it? I would suggest Night Mode + the Intervalometer app I show in the video. Cheers, Nico

@stephenmclean3556 6 месяцев назад

Wow, what a disaster! I am fascinated by your tutorials, but wow!, did I underestimate the crap that you have to deal with while using 2 dollar apps…..I was using an Samsung s20. Did not perform anywhere close to the tutorial. Now to get rid of 3 thousand useless pictures. That’s my bad to try a smart phone app to do Astro. A wasted evening, but a learning experience. The SLR is coming back out. Thanks for trying,

@RichardKinch Год назад

Gotta laugh that your advice, to somebody without the common sense to know which way is north and the child's intelligence to identify Polaris, is to operate a sophisticated app like Stellarium on a pocket supercomputer instead.