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A star tracker is the biggest single upgrade in beginner astrophotography: it rotates your camera with the Earth, turning 8-second exposures into 2-minute ones. Only two trackers made my beginner list — both proven, both loved by the community, neither will waste your money.
#1
The community standard: portable, proven, and it turns any DSLR or mirrorless camera into a deep-sky rig. Start here unless you know you need the bigger one.
Turns the camera you own into a deep-sky machine.
#2
Heavier 11-lb payload for telephoto lenses, plus an autoguider port for when you're ready to go deeper. The 'I’ve caught the bug' upgrade.
For when the Milky Way panoramas get serious.
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