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Josh Dury

Vixen Optics Polarie review: the first step to long-exposure landscape astrophotography

Vixen Optics Polarie star tracker.

The Vixen Optics Polarie is Bresser’s solution as a standalone unit, which was tested as a standalone unit for the purposes of this review.

Why do astrophotographers use star trackers? Over the course of the night, the positions of the stars and constellations appear to move. This is due to the rotation of the Earth on its axis, which, over prolonged exposures, results in star trails (in exposures that typically exceed 30 seconds).

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