Astronaut Don Pettit captured stunning images of the Milky Way from the International Space Station, positioned 265 miles above Earth, just before sunrise. His setup involved a homemade tracking device allowing for long exposures without star blur. Notably, the image reveals the Milky Way side-on, offering viewers a distinctive look across its diameter, contrasted with Earth's atmospheric glow. Pettit uses advanced photography equipment, including a Nikon Z9 and Sigma 14mm lens, fine-tuning his images in post-editing to maintain natural colors.
I flew a home-made tracking device that allows time exposures required to photograph star fields.
His homemade orbital tracker allows a long exposure without blurring the stars, making the Milky Way look pin sharp.
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