If YOU FREQUENT online galleries of astro-photos you've likely marveled at panoramic nightscapes showing the Milky Way sweeping from horizon to horizon above a starlit landscape. So how do photographers do it? The secret is to cover the complete scene with multiple frames shot to include generous overlap. In the past, I've shot night panoramas manually, using either a 14-mm ultra-wide or 15-mm fish-eye lens, with the camera turned to portrait orientation, and aimed about halfway up the sky. I shot eight frames equally spaced 45° apart to cover a full 360°.
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