In just 30 seconds I captured the core of our galaxy, the Milky Way, glowing brightly behind a dark wispy haze of cosmic dust. He has taken many first-timers like me out for smartphone astrophotography workshops, and says everyone reacts in wonder when they snap their first photo of the Milky Way. From remote to inner city, watch the Milky …
A rising interest in astrophotography across Australia has led to the creation of a booming tourism industry for isolated regional towns. John Sarkissian from the CSIRO Parkes Observatory said stargazing had become an integral part of the economy for rural hamlets away from the city lights in the New South Wales Central West. "If you want to take a picture …
For its Pixel devices, Google has released a new Pixel Feature Drop update. Google Camera 8.2.400 is now rolling out on Google Play, and after installing it on a Pixel 4 smartphone running Android 11, one can find the astrophotography video feature has been added. The June Pixel Drop is bringing that feature to Google Pixel users. The June 2021 …
The latest update for Google Camera 8.1 disables the use of astrophotography in Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 with the help of the ultrawide lens. The lens was able to click wide astrophotography shots before but users have reported that they were no longer able to, ever since the latest update was rolled out in November. This was possible …
Google Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G received the new camera app v8.1 last month, but without anyone’s notice, it appears that a crucial camera feature has been disabled. According to 9to5Google, the Astrophotography feature on the two Pixels phones, now only works with the primary camera, unlike before, where users could use it with the phones’ ultra-wide lens as …