GoPro: Capture Stars & Milky Way Moving - Night Time-Lapse Tutorial

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I give you the basic run-through of how to capture stars with your GoPro HERO12, HERO11, HERO10 or HERO9/ HERO8. These settings also apply to HERO7, HERO6, HERO5, and HERO4 - you just will have to manually compile the photos instead of the camera creating the video for you!
If you want to capture cityscapes or full-moon scenes with more light, you can lower your ISO Max to 100-400 which will reduce overall brightness in your scene, as well as noise. If you're looking to capture the milky way, find a dark place away from city lights. Check a light pollution map like this to find zones near you - they may be closer than you think! www.lightpollu...
Gear I used in this video:
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Anker USB Battery Pack: amzn.to/3k0lrB6
Once you've captured the lapse, learn how to add motion in post with this tutorial:
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[@tranquilbeginnings8174]

Got a tip for the comments. When doing sunrise and sunset timelapse use the spot meter feature in the gopro and spot meter the area closest to the sun to save your highlights and get the best exposure. Did it the other day and the difference is so nice.

[@GatewoodBrown]

This is perfect timing. I'm headed out to Big Bend and plan on capturing night lapses. Thanks for more gold, Abe!

[@Ryan-dc6lj]

How'd it go?? Love BB.

[@Tannertraversed]

First time night lapse trying to catch northern lights in Alberta Canada. Didn't see the aurora but I did a few lapses, I appreciate your advice. Got some stellar shots, Cheers!

[@FrederickDunn]

What if you had just left all of the night time-lapse settings to auto? With this tutorial, I guess you shot the entire thing in manual photo-mode time-lapse and then blended it in post? What about selecting night-time lapse video and leaving everything to the camera? Thanks, nice job.

[@FTATF]

I have some experience taking night photos. But never made a time lapse of it. I always found that even though exposure was certainly better at 30 seconds that you got a much cleaner picture at 15 to 20. I think 17 was my number. This is due to the rotation of the earth. Over 30 seconds you actually capture some movement . Edit: I certainly can't argue with your results though. I'd like to see a side by side.

[@cervellimatteo]

Ok… but the post production is the key! Noise reduction and grading! This is the tutorial to make please!

[@METALGRAMMYS]

This guy knows things

[@ChristianHampshire]

Exactly!!

[@HotKooks]

What do you mean? "Put on log. Attach external battery" wasn't enough for you??

[@playstation443]

Export setting for premiere pro please

[@bigmactrax]

Quick question, the one thing you didn't mention is memory size. How many GBs did you use to record the whole night?

[@Nick-VSL]

When shooting in RAW Photo, its around 10 MB per photo 25 MP each. So depending on the interval time, we re talking about 10GB - 30 GB When in Video mode, it has 4K quality so the size would be between 2 - 5 gigs.

[@AdamHolmes-r4e]

amazing video mate, love how you showed every setting and the edits with the screen, such a great time lapse too! subbed so i can see more

[@GatewoodBrown]

What are your typical file sizes for a night lapse video? Also for night lapse RAW photo mode?

[@AndyWardle]

Video nightlapse isn’t that big a file surprisingly. I can’t comment on RAW files however. 👍

[@GatewoodBrown]

@@AndyWardle yeah! I’ve found it’s about 600 raw files on average at around 2 gigs

[@AndyWardle]

@@GatewoodBrown I just use video nightlapse now. Raw is too complicated for me 😂 😂 I like simple.

[@AdventuresofRon]

Abe those night lapse are insane! & totally lovin the graphics animation using the camera! 👊🏻✨

[@AdventureTimMedia]

top video mate. Thx for all the tips. all the best.

[@TheDadventures]

Cant wait to try this out with your last couple of tutorials. Appreciate you putting the time in these videos mate.

[@thewilderbunch]

I came for the GoPro knowledge, but I'm obsessed with going to this beautiful place now.

[@Bigfish1day]

Wow, I have to try this. Simple straight to the point. Excellent video.

[@eyeintheskiesdavid9277]

Yeah after watching this video it makes me want to go camping now can’t beat the good outdoors love it thanks for sharing and keep safe 🤝🇮🇪👍

[@Keturakarisy]

i live in brazil and this video helped me with my new gopro hero 9. thanks Abe

[@CriisLuda]

She's always happy 😊

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

dude. NEXT LEVEL! Love it

[@joshuarice2055]

great vid, thx for the advice, and that song during lapse, instantly looked it up. amazing choice!

[@kubakubiczek]

'Work less surf more' hoodie gives you my subscribe :D great stuff, thank you!

[@tylerrobinson.17]

Loving these tutorials can’t wait for more. Can we maybe get something on sound design or colour grading???

[@marcsee4072]

Night lapse is a gold

[@misibo]

Great Footage! Nice tips - thank you very much! Best wishes from Germany! Stay healthy.

[@LoganArndt]

Thanks Abe. Wish my lens cap came off on the hero 8 otherwise I’d be set. I’ll try this next week when I’m in utah.

[@abekislevitz]

You should be all good ! Minor good practice, but it's usually not too invasive. Sometimes if there's large external lights shining it causes some reflections but in a dark sky it's pretty minimal

[@LoganArndt]

@@abekislevitz Thanks Abe! I did a test run last night… worked amazing!

[@ATLDroneGod]

So nicely done. Thanks so much for the tutorial

[@khalidrabei4975]

The sound is really good

[@CheeseOnEverything]

I wish this came out before the perseids shower lol. Tried getting a bunch with my camera but only got shots.

[@Chris_PL]

Awesome timelaps and tutorial bro😀 Greetings from Poland🙂

[@JaredPhillips]

My favorite morning activity is sleeping in. ha ha ha. Great tutorial as always.

[@morenomarcos]

Lo intentaré muchas gracias por el tiempo de explicar y un abrazo desde Chile! 🇨🇱

[@motoxrishabh]

Wowww ! Can we please have a color grading tutorial toooooo

[@MilanDH]

Yes +1

[@driftingintoretirement]

Great simple video and thanks for the tips on time lapse for star shooting.

[@josephsblessingytc]

where did you edit the video?

[@ponymoore6140]

Great video. Which model of the Anker battery pack are you using?

[@Astropassion.B]

Awesome!!! I'll try it right away, thank you!!! 👍

[@canyonblue737-8]

Abe, I see you have changed the title of this video 6 days after the fact to "HERO10" so I assume this means the footage here was actually from the Hero 10 you just couldn't mention it until today? Looking forward to your usual settings guide for the new camera. Congrats on the launch!

[@abekislevitz]

It’s just a relevant video for hero10 as well, as capabilities are very similar, and might as well take advantage of the search. And maybe some of this video was shot on 10 🤫 don’t tell the boss.

[@rickthomas7172]

u really too good thank u for the setup n beautiful timelapse

[@ShinilPayamal]

Thanks for sharing these valuable timelapse tips.

[@Pbg_Gonefishing]

Did you edit your timelapse? Using the raw file. Or was this un-edited for the most. 👍 Thanks! Looking forward to doing more timelapses on my setup.

[@2010klaudio]

Great video. I used Night Lapse before with GoPro. Awesome footage. This winter I am traveling to Iceland to shoot Northern Lights. Do I have to use NIGHT LAPSE? Because I will be in a secluded location only for three hours.

[@VideoManSC]

Wow fantastic how much memory did the over night use and then how did you edit?

[@TayfunBln]

Hi, thanks for the informative video 🙏🏼I want to record a Star sky today... I want to start at 0:00. it will be very darf in the Forest. Can you tell me which settings I should use in the time lapse? It would be my first time lapse and that of a starry sky. Thank you very much! 🙏🏼

[@_Stargazer_.]

Great video . Thank you for the tutorial ! ..Could you please tell us how much space did all the RAW photos from the nightlapse consume ?

[@StanShimkus]

Thanks Abe, Awesome as usual!

[@AnipSaturday]

Great night lapse. Audio great also. Mind sharing your pretune and post edit

[@oeunouch]

great vlog and love the content!

[@MoviesSam]

Great vid. Thanks, as I just picked up my GP10 today. I'm going to try this.

[@FrankCarrollCreative]

I think you've sold me on buying the new Gopro 10... I should get amazing timelapses in Ireland

[@abekislevitz]

Amazing!

[@larrywhite8696]

Are there settings for shooting still/photos during the day at say intervals of (1m, 5m, 10m, 30m...)? The camera would be fixed to a bicycle pointing forward. Therefore, images would be taken straight ahead while moving. Thank you for any suggestions.

[@childishghandino]

Legend thank you so much - Love from Manchester England

[@sebastienmeunier1643]

Hey Abe, thanks for sharing your tips. How do you avoid getting a shitload of hot pixels when shooting long exposures? Both my Hero8 Black and Hero9 Black produce a TON of hot pixels on long exposures. Shooting 30 second exposures I get more hot pixels than actual stars... :(

[@AlexandrGubanov]

Very nice video. GoPro10 like a Swiss knife of photo/video devices.

[@casterman1000]

Hello Abe I am French and I discovered your channel which is full of information. At the start of the video we can see the difference in rendering between the nightlapse photo and video setting. Despite this the GoPro is in video, but the final video is it in video or photo setting? Thanks for the feedback

[@abekislevitz]

The final video you see is from RAW photos processed through Lightroom

[@casterman1000]

@@abekislevitzok thanks.

[@tbar7090]

@@abekislevitz would love to see a tutorial on this for the less experienced, asking for a friend :)

[@johnathanbradley6908]

Good video but it didn't really tell anyone how to make the timelapse only to set your gopro up. Does it automatically turn it into a video?

[@abekislevitz]

Yeah it does.

[@superdutyzack]

Very awesome my guy!

[@ceyda872]

Hello there. i have gopro 9. I love night time shots. especially star shots. This device gives me peace and an incredible image, but when I make the video format "photo", on which program can I convert them to video, please? This is very important for me.

[@TheZoomjuice]

thx for telling the mAh of the battery pack, i was wondering about that

[@pum7167]

You motivated me to bully hero 10👍 can you pls tell me what’s is the mic attached to go pro? What mic did you use to record?

[@abekislevitz]

This was just the HERO10 without any mic!

[@MilanDH]

Great tutorial as always, thank you Abe Is the GoPro still waterproof or moisture resistant without the lens cap? Thank you 👌

[@AdventureOtaku]

I don’t think it is, which I am basing on how hard it is to get that piece off. That was my first thought too, with my luck a bird would shit right on the unprotected lens.

[@clmfilms8103]

I've heard that it's still waterproof without it, but it just can't go as deep in water, but im not 100% sure

[@alvincrain]

If you timelapse through the night, how long does that final "video" play for?

[@milesmatic2872]

awesome gopro night photography!

[@JaronWhelan]

I’m going do try it this weekend!

[@iamsampeters]

Hey Abe, at the start of the video - what mic were you using? Audio is super crisp - super nice blend of nature and clarity of voice.

[@yarisTSk]

just beautiful !

[@javiermanzorro]

Thanks! Waiting for Gopro Hero10!!!!!

[@johnd9357]

Wait, interval auto but shutter speed 30 seconds? Doesn’t that mean you’d be forcing the camera to always use 30 seconds as the exposure time? I don’t see how you were able to get the sunrise without it being severely blown out, without using auto ISO or auto shutter. Setting iso and shutter value leaves no flexibility, so how did the camera cope with the sunrise? Am I missing something?

[@deandimov3696]

professional quality

[@rodrigojosephybanez1302]

Insane! 🔥 Wonder if this works for hero 8

[@RyRyWags]

Awesome video, very informative and to the point!

[@LexElls]

Awesome time lapse! Thanks for the tips!

[@johnwyoder]

Great info! Thx so much.

[@ameenahsan9696]

abe can u make a video on how u processed that .gpr file? ( 2:51 ) u really brought those stars to life after proces

[@deepstater]

Thanks a lot! That's amazing

[@sethlarowe9112]

so I’m having issues with my GoPro 11 as I plug in my external battery set it up check it in the morning and I’m only getting a few seconds of footage so it’s only using the internal battery and it’s not using the external battery and your recommendations, please thanks

[@jimbalcom2880]

Hi Abe, thanks so much for the video. I'm a new GoPro user and I'm running into a problem. In your video, you attached an external battery to it. I have tried that and I'm finding that the GoPro is not switching from the internal battery to the external battery. I've also tried it just with the external battery (taking the internal one out). Still no luck. Did you run into this problem? I've found a lot of talk about there about this being a problem with v 1.3. I just updated to 1.43 so maybe that'll solve the problem. Thoughts? Thanks in advance.

[@JackieKido15]

Thank you. Looks like a fabulous time Super helpful tips. 👌 ❤

[@ramunasjocbalis9220]

What settings should I use for northern lights? I have GoPro 10 Thanks in advance

[@rockabillytraveler9236]

Hi dude.. there are a few things i want to ask, when u make a time lapse, how long do u take to record it? and spend how much gb (memory)? 🙏

[@AndyWardle]

In video nightlapse mode I leave the camera out from darkness to morning. So depends on the time of year. I connect it to an external power pack and hang it all off the tripod. The video file. Even in 4K isn’t huge. 2gb maybe. If that. Hope that helps a little.

[@digitphotos]

Thank's for the Tipps. Great photos…👍

[@mysterydpt4663]

When you leave it recording overnight and plug in the external battery do you leave the battery in or take it out and charge it with the external battery only?

[@rodger3641]

Top video thanks! I'm after a GoPro that can record from sun down to sun up like a security cam, but I want to record the sky for satellites and what ever else comes into view. Is the an option to keep the GoPro plugged in for long recording? can the GoPro record in to clips without stopping and most of all what is the quality of the night recording? I do not want to time lapse I don't want to miss a thing and record it all. Can the GoPro handle all night recording on a 512 SD card. Thanks.

[@lifeofiskndr9527]

Theres a method of plugging the gopro with pbank for a long time of recording w/o damaging the battery. i did it with my gopro 10 for a timelapse of 8 hours straight of 30s interval. also done that with 4s interval resulting of more than 3 minutes of footage. and yes, depending on the mode you take, either photo mode or video mode, the storage surely can handle it

[@AlbertoFigueroaArquitectura]

For this vlog, do you use the GoPro as it is our the media mode? Thanks for the video

[@ankera7460]

You guys rock ✊

[@MotorHead963]

Cool shots 👌

[@SrJonasEngler]

Awesome, thanks for sharing

[@AndreasMichalopoulos13]

You are the Best! Thanks for the tips!!

[@DieterStemmet]

Awesome man! Thanks for sharing! 🤙🏼

[@cfreeman3730]

No heating problem for all night long ?

[@brentbat]

Hey Abe, quick question, what are you doing for sharpening? I also shoot on low sharpness to apply it in post. I'm just using the Sharpen effect in Premiere Pro, but have you found anything that works better?

[@abekislevitz]

I really like the sharpening in Davinci Resolve - that's what I use for noise reduction and sharpening - though noise reduction is only available in the paid version.

[@Weirtoe]

Bc he's shooting in RAW, I'd guess he's bulk editing in something like Adobe Cam Raw prior to importing to Prem Pro. Just a guess, might be wrong. Hoping someone is going to tell me PP has a raw editor

[@MichaelMWozniak]

I am trying to do this and bought the Anker external power source you linked but my GoPro Hero11 Black always shuts down due to battery issues so it seems it's not recognizing the Anker external battery... any advice as to why this isn't working for me?

[@abekislevitz]

Not sure ! I’ve never had any issues with any of the external batteries I’ve used. Is it working without a GoPro battery in it? It should.

[@balkangetaway]

Do you need light pollution? Tried these settings and everything was black except some few stars. No pushing helped anything.

[@mariohdezch]

¡Excelente trabajo!

[@uoio1177]

Does shooting night lapse affect the durability of the camera? and is the camera shutter damaged?

[@filmsbyone]

Great video, subscribed

[@laitpasia]

Thank you for sharing ,I like your channel 👍👍👍

[@jerryviaja]

Hey thanks for the video! ONE BIG QUIESTION. Is it possible to charge the GoPro while charging Whithout that spare part door you mentioned? I mean. If you open the battery gate to connect a cable, the gopro will work?

[@charles.hanson.1]

does it look better or worse than this with your naked eye?????

[@BuildYourIdeasInc]

Awesome!

[@İsmailCanBushcraft]

gopro da night lapse video çekmek istiyorum. fotoğraf modunda çekersem bunu hangi proğramda ve nasıl video ya dönüştürebilirim

[@alejandroxplres]

How much time does the camera can film whiout running out of batteri or heating