Don't have an expensive Telescope or a Star Tracker? No problem. I couldn't afford them either so I took over 2500 shots of the Orion Nebula from a pretty light polluted city in India with just an entry level DSLR. Combined them together using a method called "Stacking", & this was the result [OC]

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4) How to select your exposure length: If you take long duration exposures (let's say) 15-20s or something, what you will see are star trails where instead of pin pointed stars, you'd see them moving in a line, ruining our shot. To get sharper stars, either use the rule of 500 (beginner friendly) or the NPF rule (more accurate, but a bit more advanced). Make sure you take a few test shots, zoom in and check the focus and star trailing first before continuing.

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