Astrophotography mode takes a 4 minute night sight exposure
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2025
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Pretty good for a phone! I’m guessing it’s doing some kind of stacking process? I think there would be some streaking with a single 4 min exposure, but your stars look nice and sharp
I'm assuming there is some sort of stacking process involved in the software as well, but that's just how it came out. It actually provided me with a one second video of the process too where you can watch the Stars move a little. But the picture I posted is exactly as I got it off the camera, I posted it from the same phone I took it with.
Edit: here's the video, I converted it to a gif in the original orientation.
It seems to have improved since the pixel 8. I started doing astrophotography with my phone and I'd always get star trails. Haven't tried again since getting my seestar lol I love that thing
Yes, iirc it's 4 min worth of ~15 second exposures that get stitched together. Most smartphones within the last 5 years should be able to do this too. I know on my Pixel 7 you just have to put the camera in night mode and leave it still for a few seconds to trigger the astrophoto mode.
It probably crops in to overlay all images perfectly. I'm guessing if the trees were lit they'd be blurry.
The trees do have artifacts around them
Oh shit they do. Implementation confirmed.