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Thanks Bob, very much appreciated!
I couldn't get one of the free programs working, missing CODEC which is only compatible with later versions of Windows and photoshop.
I'll have a look at the one you've provided a link for, thank you!
Doing research tonight I found I can do 4 minute, 7 minute and 10 minute exposures. Were it clear tonight I'd have been out playing again, I believe I set the ISO way too high for the 7 minutes and it blew the entire centre area out a little too much. I've been playing with a radial filter in Lightroom but I now have two different black shades in different parts of the image, lighter, dirtier black in the outer perimeter, darker black where I set the radial filter, I'll play again.
I have a D810 Nikon full frame camera and a 14mm f2.8 ED Rokinon (or Samyang, same lens) and an Astro-Trac but it's a lot more messing around out there but I will get to it through winter, weather permitting. I haven't yet figured out how to put my new dew strap on the phone camera, lol.
I've been imaging the Milky Way since the 80s with SLR cameras, so much cheaper and easier with digital. But I'd still like to play with the phone a little more. I'll lower the ISO and go for a 10 minute exposure, it somehow has an algorithm to allow a semblance of auto tracking despite not being on a tracking mount and reading tonight it seems it takes a series of images and stacks as it goes.
[b]My primary reason for wanting decent images with my phone is I can instruct several people I know with an interest and no dedicated gear on how to get somewhat amazing images with their phone, a tripod and a selfie stick camera mount.[b]
I'm happy to take a group up to the local lookout and offer instruction. They have a deep interest but think you need the dearest of equipment
I'm not sure whether I can change the aperture and it drops down to a 12 mega pixel from the standard 50 mega pixel sensor for the untra wide long exposure astrophoto mode. I do like the overlay of the stars so I know what I'm getting. I have nice Milky Way panorama done with my 10Mp Nikon D80 (CCD sensor, the last in the line) and the 14mm f2.8ED lens before I lgot extremely lucky on picking up a used D810 at a bargain price in near e\new condition. 30 plus years on disability (through no fault of my own, just the draw of the cards) and I generally don't have a lot of money to play with the things I enjoy but I get bits and pieces here and there when I can at good prices, [b]many used bits off the kind folk here![b]
I'd have liked the larger S24 Ultra with the better again cameras and a larger screen I could see without glasses but that's well over another $1,000 plus dollars, My pension doesn't allow for fancy phones. My new phone was $1300 just one week ago.
As mentioned, it's my 3rd new phone I've purchased in 32 years, everything else was well used and either given to me or bought cheap with busted screens.
I will play again when I get a good night!
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