Skip to main content


Managed to capture the Milky Way "core" last night, for the first time :)

Made an 8 hours timelapse as well :). Will be part of a future video for our TROMhome channel - videos.trom.tf/c/tromhome/vide…

All with a Pixel 4a with CalyxOS, gave to me for free by @aaron :)

#astrophotography #nightsky #sky #milkyway #galaxy #nature #calyxos #pixel

in reply to Tio

Amazing 💫❤️🙂
in reply to Tio

very cool! Details please! 🙂
Guess you didn't use a standard camera app?
in reply to huiiii!!!

I used the standard Pixel camera in astrophotography mode. Since I use CalyxOS the processing likely happens on the device itself, so no google nonsense. After I took the photo I edited it with RawTherapee
in reply to Tio

@Ja_E_I_O_U

Is RawTherapee like Photoshop for linux? I thought it was GIMP people use to edit photos...

in reply to Rokosun

No it is more like Lightroom from Adobe. Geared towards editing photos - colors, light, contrast, shades, etc.. Much more advanced than what Gimp can do. And also trade-free :).
in reply to Tio

@Ja_E_I_O_U

Oh so it's more advanced than GIMP? Or are they just tools made for different purposes?

in reply to Rokosun

They are different....for different photo editing purposes
in reply to Tio

Wow duuude! That's just mesmerizing 🤩 I wish we could see it more in our region 🥲
in reply to Roma

I wish we could see it with our own eyes :D - because even this I could not see it myself, but the phone captured it... We need to go to a super dark place and gaze at the sky. I fucking love this literal window to the universe :)
in reply to Tio

@esh
Being able to see that beauty with your naked eyes would be amazing! :blobcataww:
@Roma
in reply to aaron

Thanks @aaron - I am trying to value the phone you gave me as much as possible. Thanks for that! :)