Precisely as I said. If you are going to get a tripod rig and long exposure then might as well save some effort and just do a full astrophotography system (star

Precisely as I said. If you are going to get a tripod rig and long exposure then might as well save some effort and just do a full astrophotography system (star trackers are cheaper than you think) instead of trying to squeeze more light from tiny phone cameras. Fwiw the OP's point of reference in the child post is Google Sky Map. The Pixel's AI post is so far from the UX required for AR that there's honestly not much point to it. If you are going to do night time photography, go get a lens or at least a photomultiplier. The Pixel's AI camera is a nice gimmick for improving nighttime photography but using it for AR live celestial navigation is a bit like key chording a Gameboy to control a XBox. Theoretically usable given enough patience and time but way out of the horizon from its intended UX. I have tried out the Night Sight before and it's nowhere close to Point and Shoot for astrophotography. You can build a celestial navigation system pretty easily for e.g. your car. You don't even need a lot of computational power. A Raspberry Pi would be overkill but considering how cheap the RPi Zeros are, might want to consider using one.