Star Trail Length and Stacking Calculator
Star Trail Length and Stacking: a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers exposure duration. Stub page while the tool and its worked example are prepared.
Star Trail Length and Stacking Calculator is a planned calculator in the technology section of Super Calculator, covering astro.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: exposure duration, number of frames, focal length and sky position.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: trail arc = 15 arcsec per second of time * cos(declination), stacked frames = total time/sub length.
Written for star trail shooters planning total capture time and frame count.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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