How do people take photos of galaxies with 50 hours of exposure? How is it possible to aim at the same spot while earth is doing more that 2 rotations in that time?

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How do people take photos of galaxies with 50 hours of exposure? How is it possible to aim at the same spot while earth is doing more that 2 rotations in that time?

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An equipment called German Equatorial Mount compensates the earth’s rotation by rotating at the same rate as the earth. The exposures are usually minutes of single exposures stacked together using a stacking software.

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