Phone Astrophotography

[zealous scaffold]

id get a google pixel 8

newest one, apparently the camera gets better

still maintains 50 MP but takes better images

[clear hawk]

anything is better than the phone I'm running on lol

thanks for the info

[zealous scaffold]

just be aware that google pixel phones have Laser Detect Auto Focus so you'll have to put electrical tape of the laser on the camera

it can be very annoying

[smoky scaffold]

you use deep sky camera right?

[clear hawk]

I do

[zealous scaffold]

yep

[smoky scaffold]

is there no manual focus

[zealous scaffold]

theres a focus bar and if you put it to the highest you can then adjust focus on your scope and it'll help perfectly focus

[clear hawk]

is that the slider on the left

[zealous scaffold]

slider on the right

[clear hawk]

I usually just go into my phone camera and zoom in on a star and focus that way

ko

[zealous scaffold]

left is exposure slider although i havent noticed it do much

i think its just there to show you what different exposures will look like

[clear hawk]

I think it's just for preview

yeah

I'll try focusing in deep sky next time instead of my phone camera

you are so full of useful information

[zealous scaffold]

i honestly just learn as i go and problem solve for the most part lol, ive been told im really smart but i honestly dont know how i am lmfao, i just kinda go with the flow, experiment, and get good results from trial and error

[clear hawk]

Ive been told that before too but it's literally just because I'll hyperfocus on a subject 💀

ADHD moment

I'm very very new to astrophotography. I took my 3rd set of images last night

[zealous scaffold]

im super new aswell i started in december

idk if i have ADHD but i honestly feel that, i get into something i like then i just go ham on researching and looking into it and learning every ounce of information i can

[clear hawk]

neurodivergence in general tends to have some form of hyperfocus. I'm getting diagnosed for ADHD in like 2 days lol

what setup do you have ?

[zealous scaffold]

Just a celestron nexstar 6se and a google pixel 6 pro with a 3d printed phone holder for a microscope

[civic quail]

look with filter

[clear hawk]

that's what big media wants you to do /joking

[tulip geyser]

That’s great what phone

[zealous scaffold]

im so annoyed i have been outside for like an hour and a half and am yet to find a galaxy lol

[formal notch]

yeah happens with me a lot too

[zealous scaffold]

found bodes, had to do visual to see it then put on my phone

and surveillance mode activated 😎

theres a car thats driven by like 3 times so i gotta keep an eye out lol

i also had to grab a power bank and plug in my phone while its shooting because it was at 10%

[formal notch]

oh

[zealous scaffold]

idk if the power bank is fulled charged so im praying

[formal notch]

your phone would be boiling

[zealous scaffold]

it was charging my phone at the start just gotta last another 16 mins

nah its a nice temp outside and theres storng winds

[formal notch]

oh cool

[zealous scaffold]

its a power bank made for charging phones too

[formal notch]

why is it dfficult to point to a galaxy with tracked mount

its goto right?

[zealous scaffold]

yeah its not hard to point at it, its normally off by a little though

and i also have to find it through a phone camera and center it in the frame, its impossible to see through the phone camera without taking over 4 sec exposures

[formal notch]

yesss

[zealous scaffold]

but i can see it decently visually so i had to settle on doing that, then mounting my phone again

[formal notch]

b9?

[zealous scaffold]

b6

[formal notch]

lucky

[zealous scaffold]

im on the edge of a city too

[formal notch]

so 4 sec in b6 means 16 sec in b8 ?

[zealous scaffold]

idk maybe lol

[formal notch]

the gradient ouch

[zealous scaffold]

yeah it doesnt help that the inner city is to the north and bodes is also to the north

[formal notch]

similar here airport is at east

[zealous scaffold]

theres an air force base and a factory to the east, inner city to the north, a house in the way of the western sky. basically south is the only real good direction

my neighbors pulled up and shined their brights right in the direction of my telescope, i can already tell you im gonna have a few bad frames

[formal notch]

oh no

[zealous scaffold]

also dont wanna say anything but they opened their trunk and it really looked like they were carrying a body or something lol

[formal notch]

oh f they probably got scared thinking you were capturing them the whole time lol

[zealous scaffold]

animal

looks like a cat

[zealous scaffold]

yeah my neighbors are kinda sketchy, there will be random cars that pull up to their house every night from like 12 am - 4am

and they stay for like 1-5 mins then leave

reasons why i have a camera to watch my telescope lol

[formal notch]

hah lol

[zealous scaffold]

and fake bb guns

[formal notch]

what

[zealous scaffold]

i have bb guns for safety incase someone started walking towards my house while my scopes out there

[formal notch]

in the neighbor's eyes you would be sketchy lol

[zealous scaffold]

i dont put them on display unless their tryna come up onto my porch lol

1 more minute till my shots are done

i might go for another 250

bad news

phone died

good news

it still took 169/250 images

damn a racoon just ran by outside

[spring viper]

Redmi note 7

[patent zodiac]

My mount sure is bipolar

[novel ruin]

Taken from my samsung galaxy A23 using gcam app

[clear hawk]

hi friends

i have a question

i shoot untracked and ive realised that a number of my lights are partially out of frame. would i use mosaic to stack?

or is my data cooked

i did a run through on standard and the edges are really blurry like its just filling in the blanks

i wasnt tracking very well

[gusty zodiac]

assuming your latitude is close to mine, you are in the perfect position for summer targets (except the whole B6 thing but whatever) as a good chunk of them are towards the south in Scorpius, Ophiuchus, Sagittarius and other neighbouring constellations

since thats where the milky way core is

[smoky scaffold]

5x200s bortle 4

[gusty zodiac]

I always like Milky way photos and trying to look for all the DSO's (ie. star clusters and nebulae) and stuff in the pic

[opaque tundra]

I can only spot the Scorpio constellation

[smoky scaffold]

me too

it’s a shame how bad the walking noise is though

[gusty zodiac]

I can see scorpius, the sagittarius teapot, Ophiuchus, Scutum, and Aquila up in the top left

[opaque tundra]

This is tracked right?

[smoky scaffold]

no

just a tripod and iphone 15 pro

[opaque tundra]

Oh nice there’s no trailing

What settings did you use for that one?

[smoky scaffold]

im surprised too

200x5s iso 12765

[opaque tundra]

What’s your WB? Btw do you have pixel binning on and that alignment function

[smoky scaffold]

WB is 4015K no pixel binning, light alignment function

[opaque tundra]

Thanks

I recently shot mw again but it was no where near as visible as my first attempt

Ig the seeing wasn’t good

[smoky scaffold]

happy to help

[gusty zodiac]

so far I can tell M4, C76, M6, M7, M8, M20, M23, and M24

[smoky scaffold]

yes I could also find those ones

[smoky scaffold]

there is also m16 (eagle nebula) and m17 (swan nebula)

[gusty zodiac]

and M25, M22, and M28

pretty cool

[smoky scaffold]

oh wow the globular clusters are way brighter than I thought

[gusty zodiac]

prob the most underrated type of DSO imo. I only rly see M3, M13 and C80 pics

[opaque tundra]

i wanna shoot clusters but my astro cams fov is so small it looks mid

[gusty zodiac]

can I see one?

[opaque tundra]

I haven’t got any yet

[gusty zodiac]

💀

[opaque tundra]

I plan on getting a cluster in the Scorpio constellation

[opaque tundra]

I was focusing on Orion before it went away 🥲

[gusty zodiac]

If ur doing open clusters I highly recommend M6 and M7.
For globular clusters I recommend M3, M13, M92, M10 and C80

[opaque tundra]

Are those all visible from the Northern Hemisphere?

[gusty zodiac]

all Messier objects are visible from the northern hemisphere (at least from the latitude of Paris)

[opaque tundra]

Objects to the east of me are very hard to shoot

Cuz the city is behind me and the light dome is massive there

[gusty zodiac]

then that unfortunatley excludes M3, M13 and M92

[opaque tundra]

Rip

[gusty zodiac]

but you can do M22, M28 and M19 instead; they're towards the south

also M11

nearly forgot

[opaque tundra]

I’ll check on the app and see which of the ones you mentioned are doable for me

[gusty zodiac]

aight

[gusty zodiac]

actually nvm M3 can still be seen but only in the morning when its on the west

[gusty zodiac]

there's also this map for Messier objects so you can find whatever suits you

heres one for Caldwell objects

[opaque tundra]

lesgo! all the ones you mentioned are visible for me

i hope my star hopping isnt as bad as its been recently

C80 looks insane

[opaque tundra]

Ah nvm can’t shoot c80 it stays near horizon the whole time

[pastel nexus]

the Moon a few days ago

[opaque tundra]

It was super clear and they came outa nowhere

Was meant to do 300 exposures but I was able to only shoot for a minute

[smoky scaffold]

☁️

[muted sedge]

The moon and the Orion Nebula taken form a Bortle 3, taken last year.
Scope: Bresser Messier 8" f/6 Dob
Eyepiece: 30mm (not sure about this, forgot to post these when I captured them)
Camera: Redmi K20 Pro w/ DeepSkyCamera
Processing:
Orion Nebula: Siril
Moon: PIPP, AS!3, Registax

[opaque tundra]

Moon looks great

Would using these settings be better than doing 5s @smoky scaffold

Whoops I cropped out the exposure time, it said 1.3 seconds iirc

[novel ruin]

Did you post processed it or its original pic?

[clear hawk]

how do you figure out the pixels trailing

[opaque tundra]

I just left that as the default value for DSS

I’m not sure what the value would be for astroshader

[gusty zodiac]

cool, also if you're willing to find clusters outside of morning/late night time. You should also try getting Parasepe/Beehive cluster (M44). Though I'll admit finding it can be pretty hard cause its located in a dim constllation (Cancer), its still a really bright and popular cluster. Prob just below the Pleiades (M45) and the Double Cluster (C14) in terms of popularity (from what I've seen anyway)

plus its stays west nowadays so no city lights to bother you either

[opaque tundra]

M44 is gonna be near the moon so idk if it’s a good target to shoot

[gusty zodiac]

true, but you can still do it in May; its only by June when it will get harder to shoot

[opaque tundra]

Welp today and tmr are cloudy so I’m gonna have to kill time another way

I did manage to spot one of the clusters near scorpions tail with binoculars

[gusty zodiac]

Prob M7

[smoky scaffold]

processed

[shy snow]

Equipment info pls

Tracked?

[spring viper]

SW 130PDS, SW eq3-2 OnStep, 6mm 66° eyepiece

[opaque tundra]

Yea that was the one, I’m still not familiar with all the object numbers lol

[zealous scaffold]

No clue if this looks good on anything but phone lol

Single frame I have like 15k frames of it to stack later

[shy snow]

Bortle?

And what phone?

Did you use deep sky camera?

[spring viper]

B7, Redmi note 7. I use GCam

[kindred zephyr]

Taken on realme 8i, that blur is a date water mark, it looked ugly and I also can't remove it now🥲

Here unblured

[kindred zephyr]

Damn looks fine, good processing👍

[kindred zephyr]

🫡

Nice

Make sure to show stacked

[zealous scaffold]

Yessir will do

[kindred zephyr]

I will send full processed version soon

[kindred zephyr]

Do you have any tips in how to fix blur on the middle of the moon?

I can't seem to get it right

[zealous scaffold]

Do you have perfect focus? Most times that's what causes blur

[kindred zephyr]

I have, and I have taken many photos on different focus to compare but it just doesn't seem to fix

[zealous scaffold]

Most times not having perfect focus causes blur, wanted to reiterate to avoid confusion

[kindred zephyr]

No prob

[zealous scaffold]

Could have something to do with your eyepiece, phone camera, or lens

[kindred zephyr]

Hmm might have to check it

[zealous scaffold]

Try cleaning them, maybe there's a bit of condensation on the middle of your lens or something

[kindred zephyr]

Thanks for the tip, will tell if it fixed the issue

Wait

Maybe processing has a problem with it

[zealous scaffold]

Do you have any images unprocessed?

[kindred zephyr]

I rotated the image in processing

[zealous scaffold]

Looks like it could be caused by exposure, your moon is very bright and that's causing it to be fuzzy

[kindred zephyr]

Hmm

I see

[zealous scaffold]

Try lowering exposure in camera app before taking pics or videos

[kindred zephyr]

Lemme try

[zealous scaffold]

Moon filters also help if you have any

[zealous scaffold]

Oh damn that's sick

[tough nest]

Taken from pixel 7

Terrible processing tho

[zealous scaffold]

I gotta upgrade, I've been on the pixel 6 since it came out

[zealous scaffold]

Is this just done with the AP mode?

[tough nest]

Yeah, was like a 5 min exposure I think

[zealous scaffold]

AP mode is 4 min long exposures that are live stacked (although they might've changed it on the pixel 7 to be 5 mins) I can never get good AP mode images because I don't have a tripod for my phone so I have to prop it up against a piece of wood or something

Wasn't aware AP mode could take in enough light to see galaxies

What bortle did you shoot in?

[tough nest]

It was bortle 3

Also 2000m up

Yeah let me pull up a different pic that has Andromeda and triangulum

[zealous scaffold]

Ohh okay yeah that makes more sense

I live in Kansas, more access to sky but lower elevation as a downside

I'm only at 366m rn and I'm in the second story of a building

[tough nest]

Yeah but as soon as you zoom on these pics they just emediatly down grade like crazy

[zealous scaffold]

Yeah that's because they only shoot at a certain resolution

Major downside of phone ap

[zealous scaffold]

Ooh yeah that's nice

I live next to an airport and an air force base so I'd prob have like 6 planes fly through

[kindred zephyr]

That is sick

[nimble harness]

Haven't really been able to get any somewhat decent close ups but I got this last night

I desperately need a barlow lens

I feel like this should be illegal

[opaque tundra]

Amazing looking moon

[zealous scaffold]

should look better stacked and processed :)

[opaque tundra]

Can’t wait

[spring viper]

M13.
SW130PDS, EQ3-2 terrans OnStep, 6mm 66° eyepiece, Redmi Note 7. 139x10s, 70 darks.

[opaque tundra]

Looks like a bunch of dropped XP points in mc

[clear hawk]

star clusters look like they taste good

crispy crunchy mmm

[zealous edge]

Nah 'cause you can die with hundreds of levels but you'll only get like ten levels back lol

[kindred zephyr]

True

[clear hawk]

Eta Carinae Nebula: pointed my scope a bit off centre for this one (untracked) D: will try again next clear skies

Bortle: 8-9
Phone: Oppo Reno Z
Scope: 8" Dobsonian
Exposure: 20~ minutes

[zealous scaffold]

is that a cluster?

[clear hawk]

eta carinae nebula :)

[zealous scaffold]

ahhh gotcha

[clear hawk]

sorry i shouldve added that

[zealous scaffold]

your good lol

i wasnt sure because it looks like a cluster but also nebulosity lol

[clear hawk]

yeeah

i spent 3 nights capturing it and didnt realise until it was processed that i had my scope pointed just left of my target

through the eyepiece you can only see stars

[zealous scaffold]

i was gonna get more int time on bodes nebula but it was cloudy tonight and now its raining and thundering with a chance of tornadoes

[clear hawk]

that is unfortunate

very glad there is no tornadoes in australia

[zealous scaffold]

this is best ive gotten so far

so basically core

[clear hawk]

is this a live view or stacked?

[zealous scaffold]

stacked and slightly processed in siril

179 images

[clear hawk]

damn

whats your bortle?

[zealous scaffold]

b6

[clear hawk]

or is bodes hard to capture

[zealous scaffold]

bodes is pretty bright tbh

[clear hawk]

well i wish you luck

[zealous scaffold]

it just took me forever to find

[clear hawk]

and great patience if youre untracked

[zealous scaffold]

yuo cant see it through a phone camera at all, you have to find it visually

[clear hawk]

oh god that must suck

[zealous scaffold]

yeah i spent like 2 hours searching for it

i do tracked btw so

the first hour and a half was me redoing my alignment because i just assumed it was off and thats why i couldnt find it

but it was right the whole time i just needed to look through the eyepiece with my eye

[clear hawk]

thankfully lol, i cant imagine manually tracking something you cant see

[zealous scaffold]

i was trying to shoot 250 frames but my phone died at 179 so rip

and i was shooting late at night so i had to keep an eye on my scope because theres some sketchy people in my neighborhood lol

[muted sedge]

Which scope is dat?

[fair trellis]

some kind of celestron sct

[muted sedge]

ik, but which one?

[fair trellis]

I dunno

[opaque tundra]

Put a Celestron powerseeker as a bait scope

[shy snow]

Looks like rasa

[zealous scaffold]

6SE

[fair trellis]

Rasa's have the cameras on the front not the back and they are pretty large

Plus 2 rails on top and bottom

[fading bobcat]

Hey I did something like this!

Cool to see!

[shy snow]

Then might be an edge hd

[fair trellis]

He said its a 6SE

[smoky scaffold]

real

it’s not by any bright stars whatsoever

[zealous scaffold]

Yeah the one downside of it lol

I like whirlpool because I at least have a constellation to go off of

[smoky scaffold]

yes same

[shy snow]

Oh yeah sorry

[zealous edge]

The Leo Triplet is also easy to find if you know your star hopping

[edgy talon]

That big boy has no place on that deck

Put him on some grass

[zealous edge]

I feel like grass would be less stable/flat than a wood deck

[edgy talon]

Alright

Now

If you walk on a wooden deck what does it do? It shakes

If you walk on grass? It absorbs most of the shaking

Grass is the best place to put a scope

[zealous edge]

Ok then just don't walk on the deck while the scope is imaging

[edgy talon]

Don’t forget about wind either

Wind can shake a porch easy too

[zealous edge]

I'd argue a solid block of flat concrete fixed to the ground would be better than grass

[edgy talon]

Nope

[zealous edge]

Especially with a wind hood or some means of blocking wind

[edgy talon]

The heat will rise off the concrete and ruin your images

[zealous edge]

I mean yeah, but this is night time

The heat has already dissipated

[edgy talon]

Don’t forget concrete keeps heat well

[zealous edge]

idk

[smoky scaffold]

grass is the best choice

unless you are set up in like your front yard

in front of a street

i’d personally not risk it

[zealous scaffold]

my deck is an elevated surface, none of the sky would be visible if i put it down on the grass

also increased risk of setting my scope down right ontop of dog dookie

oh and i have motion lights in my backyard so its a huge image ruiner

[tulip geyser]

Tracked?

[smoky scaffold]

no

i dont know why it isnt trailed

just dont look at the corners

[tulip geyser]

Crazy

[clear hawk]

good or bad crazy 😭

[tulip geyser]

Ooooh good crazy

That nebula is amazing

[clear hawk]

thank yoou

im trying again this week

pointing the telescope at the right spot this time

[tulip geyser]

My two most recent achievements. I want to get a planetary nebula and also to try shooting a galaxy with great success

[smoky scaffold]

the best thing the northern hemisphere doesnt have

[clear hawk]

I believe in southern hemisphere supremacy 🌌👹

[tulip geyser]

Fr we have most of the cool stuff

Big and Little Dipper😨

*Ursa Major and minor

[smoky scaffold]

oo nice

what phone adapter are you using rn

and eyepiece

[tulip geyser]

came with the telescope, and came with the telescope lol

25mm for both images

[smoky scaffold]

ok those are the first two things I would upgrade

[tulip geyser]

real

[iron bear]

bortle 9 x bortle 4
both single shots

[iron bear]

50s iso 400. Xiaomi 12

50s iso 400. Galaxy s23

Another interesting comparison for those who want to buy a cell phone with astrophotography in mind, the Xiaomi 12 in my tests captures 20% more light than the s23 in the same exposure time and generates much fewer hotpixels

same place X-Y in the image. Both in the equatorial mount, so ignore the foreground details. Because with active tracking, it ends up blurring. I only did to test on the stars (that was on the ones that appeared as it was very cloudy)..

In general, read noise is very similar. Only the sensor heating and light capture changes

[nimble harness]

Single shot gang

[nimble harness]

Pinwheel galaxy in the top left

I have no idea how to get better pictures

[zealous scaffold]

very dim core

[zealous scaffold]

to get better images esp for galaxies your gonna have to stack

[gusty zodiac]

South Hemisphere also got a better angle to the milky way, the brightest globular clusters in the sky, and the MC's

[ancient rampart]

At least the northern hemisphere can see andromeda for longer, down here its only visible for less than three months

[terse smelt]

yeah but andromeda is mid

[gusty zodiac]

Eh, imo that's neutralised by the LMC and SMC

[ancient rampart]

I find LMC and SMC itself kinda boring, never really liked irregular galaxies

[ancient rampart]

Its atleast visible to the naked eye

[tulip geyser]

You did not just say that

[patent zodiac]

Tbh i agree with him, people are glazing andromeda way to much

[crisp river]

Yo

[terse smelt]

its cool but doesn't live up to the hype

[tulip geyser]

I’m checking some satellite galaxies in the northern hemisphere. I’d love to see them

[opaque tundra]

Anything other than the Milkyway is just mid

[fair trellis]

you mean in the milky way?

[ancient rampart]

how can you not love sombrero? It has the best name

[opaque tundra]

i was just giving MW some love

[nimble harness]

The surfboard galaxy !!!!

[gusty zodiac]

nah the antennae galaxies (C60 and C61) go hard

[opaque tundra]

they sound cool, dont think i've ever seen em before

[gusty zodiac]

look it up they're honestly one of my favorite DSO's

[opaque tundra]

Has anyone ever done a tier list of where each phone company ranks for AP?

[terse smelt]

xiamzang or whatever wins

samsung in 2nd proly

apple in third prolly

[kindred zephyr]

Hey is this good raw image? I tried to reduce exposure, gonna start stacking (first time stacking)
Or should I take another session?

I'm new to stacking so asking for help

[smoky scaffold]

it’s such a cool heart shape

[zealous scaffold]

exposure wise, yeah it looks good, its quite fuzzy though, was it cloudy out? windy? did you have perfect focus?

[tough nest]

Oh yeah it's totally a mineral moon

[zealous edge]

I believe it's Xiaomi, yeah they have absurdly good cameras

I think a variant of the Xiaomi 12 actually has lens attachments for the camera

which is insane for a phone

[frank jungle]

The Orion Nebula and Running Man Nebula!!!

[coral cedar]

Milky way

I have telescope with 900mm and i want to photograph orion nebula 1s seems oke actually, but its a little trailing

Is it ok?

[terse smelt]

what eyepeice are you using?

also can you send the image?

[coral cedar]

20mm

[coral cedar]

What image

Oh wait

[zealous edge]

I think they mean the image you end up taking

[zealous edge]

This Milky Way image is really awesome btw!

[coral cedar]

Thank you

[terse smelt]

prolly a best of half a second, but you get some fainter detail with this

[coral cedar]

I... tried it

Turn out like this

Cant see any ._.

Maxed out my iso but yeah still

The core wouldnt pop out

Well yeah im considering to make an onstep goto for my mount

Its celestron 80eq

Anyway i live in bortle 5

[shy snow]

Any target suggestions for early june? Im on phone and 700mm focal length. And another scope of 150mm.

Im looking for brighter than mag +6 and my bortle is 5 northern hemisphere latitude 22N

Please ping me if you can help, thanks!

[terse smelt]

@shy snow m13 or one of the other bright globular clusters?

[coral cedar]

So no solution with this one?

[terse smelt]

sure its in the frame?

[coral cedar]

Yeahh

[shy snow]

I saw most of the globs are far south, and theres some blockage in my south

[nimble harness]

Andromeda, saturn, Mars, venus, maybe jupiter, m81 and m82, Hercules cluster, markarains chain, coma cluster, and any nebulas that are available.

[shy snow]

Coma cluster?

What's that?

[nimble harness]

Look it up on stellarium. It is amazing

[shy snow]

Might consider it, thanks!

[nimble harness]

Sure thing

[gusty zodiac]

M10, M12, M13, M15, M3, M71, C25, C42, and C47 are still avalable

nvm u said brighter than mag. 6

[gusty zodiac]

For open clusters, there are tons of options but most are towards the south. However, despite that there is still M39, C13, Brocchi's cluster (Cr 399), Twedledee and Twedledum, Summer Beehive (Cr 349) etc.

For Globular clusters, see message above

For Nebulae, your only option rly is the Lagoon Nebula (M8), maybe also North American Nebula (C20) or Trifid nebula (M20)

For galaxies, your only options are Bode's (M81), Andromeda (M31) and Triangulum (M33)

For planets, you can view Saturn and Mars pretty easily in the morning

[kindred zephyr]

@kindred zephyr it was quit polluted that day since I live near main highway you can guess.

[kindred zephyr]

Mineral moon?

[shy snow]

I dont really wanna go for planets cause i can do them from my light polluted home

Thanks for the suggestions tho

[coral cedar]

Any star tracker user here?

[tough nest]

Maybe it wasn't meant to be one but you can see some mineralness

[tough nest]

No mineral?

[gusty zodiac]

doing processing for the first time, Here's mercury

[edgy talon]

I could jump from a plane and land on your image and be unscathed it’s so soft

[iron bear]

Widefield milky way

• Xiaomi 12. 30x18s ISO 800
• bortle 4, Contryside of São Paulo, Brazil.

[opaque tundra]

Looks amazing

What does that look like before stacking?

[opaque tundra]

Btw are these the settings for astroshader or just regular phone camera app

[kindred zephyr]

Mineral means?

https://tenor.com/view/hamster-silly-hamster-poor-hamster-sad-hamster-hamster-meme-gif-512226090754065565

[kindred zephyr]

Oh I see

That mineral

No It wasn't meant to be mineral moon

I think it's rather a image distortion

[gusty zodiac]

tried processing Saturn

[opaque tundra]

saturns visible rn?

[gusty zodiac]

nah, I used an old vid from November last year

[tough nest]

No that's kinda supposed to happen when you stack the moon, I think it looks really cool

[pallid crypt]

Pics of the moon with no phone mount

Just my hands

[coral cedar]

How in a world did you capture the colorful thingy?

[zealous edge]

I assume you mean the nebulae, or Rho Ophiuchi, or both. The phone that took this is the Xiaomi 12, which has an absolutely insane camera for a phone, by far one of the best models for phone night photography, and astrophotography too. It also helps that Lucas lives in a low bortle area, so less light pollution to hinder the ability to resolve fainter areas.

[coral cedar]

Is it possible to capture the nebula with phone?

I live in bortle 5 anyway

[zealous edge]

With a good enough phone and long enough of an integration time, yes! The nebula itself is bright as far as nebulae go, and it's pretty easy to spot as well as there's a globular cluster in the same area that's easy to pick out. I've never photographed it myself, but I hope to someday.

[frank jungle]

Yesterday's sun picture

Image taken with celestron Powerseeker 114eq

[coral cedar]

Alright thanks

For the information

[pastel nexus]

You're gonna wanna go with bright nebulae. Like the Orion nebula or star clusters like the beehive cluster.
But yes, you can.

I'd recommend using a star tracker or a tripod for your phone. Since you need to take long exposure pictures

[coral cedar]

I see thankss

Im considering to make onstep goto for my telescope

[kindred zephyr]

But that isn't stacked lol

I tried stacking and many errors happened

So I gotta take another session

And get more shots of moon

This time I would rather take a video

Than images

[tough nest]

So it was stacked.....

Ohh

Nvm

[kindred zephyr]

Bruh

[tough nest]

Weird then, it could be really cool if you did stack tho

It would be crazy lookin

G

Looking

[kindred zephyr]

I tried but it was all fuzzy

I would try again

With another fresh shots

This was first time so I didn't knew some conditions were there

For stacking in auto stackert

[tough nest]

Probably put it in panorama mode

I think that's what it's called

[kindred zephyr]

Why in pano?

It's used to take wide shots

[tough nest]

In stacker

[iron bear]

I only make a reasonable amount of frames... The color comes naturally as there is a signal after stacking

[coral cedar]

I see

Thats greatt tho

[iron bear]

I actually live in São Paulo, bortle 9. But I go to the countryside a lot. I have a house in the countryside, so at least once a month I can go and do astrophotography

From b9, I usually just do dso. Widefield is impossible

[ancient rampart]

Nss lindo dms, q horas eram qnd vc tirou?

Ultima vez q eu fui no interior a mw só aparecia de dia

[zealous edge]

Ohhhh ok, that's nice though that you can go somewhere atleast once a month where the bortle is low

[iron bear]

Yep
Here in São Paulo town, night sky looks like daylight 💀

[smoky scaffold]

any body know wht the pink thing is? it only appears when i start shooting

[clear hawk]

does your phone use like a proximity sensor?

or a low light sensor

some phone cameras will have it it's like a little red dot next to it when it's in use

if it does the easy solution is putting some electrical tape over it

and if it's a low light sensor their may be a setting to turn it off?

otherwise I'm not sure

[smoky scaffold]

I am assuming the black dot is probably one of those

[clear hawk]

probably the bottom left :)

in a dark room (without flash) take a few photos and see if it lights up

sometimes it's not visible to the human eye so even just putting tape over it and testing it

[smoky scaffold]

it says it’s a LiDAR scanner

[clear hawk]

yeah I'd say thats the cause

is this the first time shooting with this phone ?

or is this the first time its happened ?

[smoky scaffold]

nope not at all

this is the first time it’s started happening

[clear hawk]

oh that's random

maybe a setting has been turned on ? or it's gone into autofocus/dark image mode

either way if you can't find a setting to turn it off then electric tape should do the trick

if it's what's causing the pink streak in your photos

[smoky scaffold]

i’d assume so

it starts as a pink dot but it turns into the streak from the stacking

[spring viper]

Flare

[smoky scaffold]

but I can’t see it in the live view at all

it’s also there no matter where i aim the telescope

[spring viper]

You can take a picture of your phone in the dark and see where the light is coming from

I only get glare like that from street lights.

[smoky scaffold]

i am in my backyard away from street lights

im pretty convinced its not from any external light

[spring viper]

51s vs 30s exposure

[elder birch]

Fairly certain this the iPhone LiDAR IR lights, as The Rat says.
It’s very sensitive to the exact phone vs eyepiece positioning, different eyepieces etc, and whether the lidar sensor is actually active.
I see it very occasionally too

[clear hawk]

it is i The Rat

could also be you havent seen it before because you had the camera centred differently last time

my centring is different for every eyepiece

[zealous scaffold]

you can also test this by taking pictures with the phone pressed against a mirror or other reflective object

in a dark room preferably

[smoky scaffold]

yep that revealed it

if I cover it with electrical tape will that effect taking normal photos?

non astro photos

[zealous scaffold]

so with my phone i had to put electrical tape over the LDAF (Laser Detect Auto Focus) which shoots a small laser at an object and gets the best focus for that object, really all its affected for me is causing normal images to be blurry, but normally if you just hold your phone at whatever your taking a picture of for about a second it'll focus in on it without the laser

and theres always manually focusing, so

id check if your phone has a setting to turn off the laser first so you dont have to risk sticky adhesive getting on your camera when applying the tape

[smoky scaffold]

unfortunately there isn’t a way to turn off the sensor for iphones

[zealous scaffold]

yeah so tape is a good choice then, i know you can also buy a phone case that has a cover for it but their probably hard to find

ive also heard of people 3d printing a cover for it aswell if you wanted to go down that route

[smoky scaffold]

i'll stick with tape, easiest option

[crisp river]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/824815180155584573/1232036103054426313/annotated_IMG_20240422_232456.jpg?ex=6627fe89&is=6626ad09&hm=e247bc2c62c0b514b7f7377a4c01d667e323b716dd15bfb79bb597b6873aecda&

Are they binary or just over laping

Cause if binary thats alot of distance between them

[smoky scaffold]

likely just happen to look close to each other

what stars are they?

[crisp river]

Mizar and Alcor in Ursa major

[smoky scaffold]

it actually is a binary then

[crisp river]

Hmm so they have very large orbits

[smoky scaffold]

a quick google search says it takes 750,000 years

[crisp river]

For what

A orbit around each other

?

[smoky scaffold]

yes

[crisp river]

Kk

[patent zodiac]

just reprocessed my orion data from 2 months ago

[gusty zodiac]

Its actually a quadruple star system

crazy

[patent zodiac]

here is the jpg

[smoky scaffold]

right

[zealous edge]

Mizar is a quadruple system I believe, while Alcor is singular, I could be wrong though

I actually just recently took a photo of them

not good by any means but it's ok I guess

[opaque tundra]

Nice diffraction spikes

[patent zodiac]

Dayum thats good

[coral cedar]

Thanks

[iron bear]

Omega Centauri
Single 55s iso 400 sub. Xiaomi 12 + 114mm F8 Newtonian

[iron bear]

Phone lens reflection 💀

I will remove it in processing

There was a lot of light around. It ended up lighting up the eyepiece
Before I covered the light bulbs it looked like this

[shy snow]

Thats my reminder to make a shielding for my eyepiece

[shy snow]

What causes this exactly?

[iron bear]

See those houses in the background? They put very bright lights. The light is entering the gap between the adapter and the eyepiece illuminating the eyepiece Lens... I will no longer set up my setup in front of the house when I am in the country. It's much darker at the back of the house, but my view of the south at the back is very limited.

The sky in this place was bortle 2 in 2020 when I started. Today is already 4

It's a condominium, so new houses are being built very quickly. And they all fill the yard with light

I already solved the problem. I used a "flocking" material, the same material I used to make my telescope darker inside.

The sombrero I had sent above

[spring viper]

The view from the eyepiece definitely makes it even cooler

[clear hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/gimme-my-dishes-give-me-my-dishes-dishes-fisheye-gif-20991774

[shy snow]

+0.5 bortle scale per year : (

New interface

Pretty easy to understand, will adapt fast : )

[shy snow]

Can you send a pic?

[somber lantern]

Ooooo

Yesss they added long exposure support for my phone (moto g13) 🎉

[somber lantern]

Ooo

[somber lantern]

Nice

[shy snow]

@gaunt kiln

here

[shy snow]

phone?

[gaunt kiln]

Ye

[shy snow]

nice

[coral cedar]

Well yeah saturn, 20mm eyepiece

[shy snow]

good job on rings

[coral cedar]

Thanks, well yeah not reallt that detail tho

[gaunt kiln]

Kind of a bad time to do Saturn

The rings are nice and flat

[coral cedar]

Hmm yeahh

Maybe next 2 years?

Cuz next year its a straight line, so we cant see it?

[gaunt kiln]

Yup

[gaunt kiln]

Kinda looks fun to photograph

Nice little event

[coral cedar]

Haha

[gaunt kiln]

I’ve got a new baby coming next week for planetary

So I’ll try and do some Saturn shots

[gaunt kiln]

Btw what fl where u at?

[coral cedar]

Fl?

Whats that

[gaunt kiln]

Focal length

[coral cedar]

900 mm

[gaunt kiln]

Hm

U using a Barlow ?

[coral cedar]

No 20 mm eyepiece

[gaunt kiln]

Ah that explains it I’d recommend getting a higher power eyepiece

Even a cheap 9mm would be fine

[coral cedar]

I can see saturn clearly with barlow lens, but its really hard to locate the planet

[coral cedar]

I see

I have 4mm

Eyepiece, but i rarely use it, im very lazy to locate it manually lmao

[gaunt kiln]

This is what I got with a 9mm

[coral cedar]

Wow

[gaunt kiln]

It’s a pretty crap shot compared to my newer ones

[coral cedar]

The ring tho

[gaunt kiln]

But that’s my latest Saturn

Haven’t been bother to shoot it since

I can’t post pretty much any others cus there with my camera

This is Jupiter

Not bad

Not great

[coral cedar]

Wowww

The detail on the moon is crazy

[gaunt kiln]

This is my best Jupiter to date

[coral cedar]

Damnnn

Yeah, my eyepiece only shows white thhing when i see jupiter

I can see the 3 dots but yeah

Maybe i saw it on the day time

[gaunt kiln]

Btw with your shot

Was it a single photo

?

[coral cedar]

Yes

Single photo

[somber lantern]

I got this with 10mm and 2x Barlow
It may be harder to keep stuff in frame but it's definitely worth it

900mm FL, cropped a bit

[gaunt kiln]

Yeah I had pretty crappy seeing

[somber lantern]

New live view is insanely bright (b9)

[zealous scaffold]

is live view still laggy in the update

[somber lantern]

Live view will always be laggy

Low fps in exchange for more brightness

[zealous scaffold]

yeah i know but ive noticed deepskycamera is laggier than other deep sky apps

[somber lantern]

Weird

Well I don't know any other deep sky apps so I can't really say anything

[zealous scaffold]

ill notice it takes like 3 sec for the image to update most of the time

[terse smelt]

might just be using 3 second exposures for lower noise

[shy snow]

Pink Moon April 2024

[zealous scaffold]

im still confused why they call it a pink moon

i heard pink moon and got excited to photograph a moon that was colored pink, i was solemnely disappointed

looks amazing though

[shy snow]

The pink flowers of late spring bloom during this time

[gusty zodiac]

The Full Moons aren't named because of how they appear, but because of their effect in the enviorment. Its called the Pink Moon cause that's usually when pink flowers begin to bloom in North America

Its the same with a Blue Moon; its not actually blue, but it was considered so rare it was compared to the Moon turning blue as a metaphor to state the absurdity of something

[shy snow]

Maybe its called blue cause blue is a rare colour among vegetation in nature

[shy snow]

Except for blood moon during a lunar eclipse lol

[gusty zodiac]

true

also If you rly wanna photograph a pink/red moon, you can do that just after the Moon rises or just before it sets

[shy snow]

Just dont correct the colour in post

[gusty zodiac]

quality isn't great, but you get my point

[obsidian fern]

My first time processing an image
130mm newtonian untracked
10x3s
||Forgot dark frame 💀||
(taken using iphone12pm)

[ebon lion]

darkframes arent useful with phones xd

[obsidian fern]

really?

[ebon lion]

ye

[obsidian fern]

I'm gonna do still

There are hot pixels

[ebon lion]

bias frames

[obsidian fern]

How are you taking bias frames using phone?

I'm confused

[ebon lion]

lowest exp time and same iso as lights

also dont let light reach the sensor ofc xd

[obsidian fern]

ok

will try

[ebon lion]

darks only for thermal noise mostly but that doesnt work with phone cams:D

temp changes too much

[obsidian fern]

Even with my scope?

[ebon lion]

scope doesnt matter

just the cam:D

scopes and lenses are just for focussing light on the camera, nothing more

[obsidian fern]

I'm sure I've read somewhere about temp in scope 💀

[ebon lion]

for newtonians, ye

[obsidian fern]

yes

newtonian

[ebon lion]

cuz the inside of the tube needs to cool down to ambient temps so less wobble

but nothing to do with callibration frames:D

[zealous scaffold]

when you word it like that it makes me feel almost ashamed for spending $1000 on a scope lmfao

actually i do wonder what production cost to build a telescope adds up to

[somber lantern]

I suppose newt's are really cheap to make

Refractors need special precisely shaped glass

No wonder they're expensive

[spring viper]

Darks is useful on phone, they subtract hot pixels

[shy snow]

Can someone explain the PROPER way to take darks, flats, and bias frames for phone? And whats a good exposure time?

[kindred zephyr]

Ok

[ancient rampart]

Darks are same exposure time as lights. Bias are the shortest possible exposure and the same ISO. You also have to make sure no light reaches the camera

For flats, just fotograph a white surface, we usually put a white cloth on top of the camera and point it at the bright sky or a whiite screen

[shy snow]

Is flats for phone different

Like a different method and stuff

[shy snow]

I made the shielding

[shy snow]

No more light sneaking in 😉

[ancient rampart]

Nice

[ancient rampart]

No, they work the same

[shy snow]

Thanks

[tough nest]

Bruh that reminds me of when I saw the golden gate bridge for the first time and I literally cried because it wasn't made out of gold💀
(I was four)

[shy snow]

What is better?

Low iso long exposure

Or high iso moderate exposure

Cause I found that high iso has too much noise and causes problems in stacking

(Talking about DSO)

[spice gale]

Moderate ISO and higher exposure, but untill a limit

for me the limit is 4 seconds untill the startrails become visible

[ancient rampart]

If youre tracked, moderate iso and long exposure

Untracked, high iso low exposure

[terse smelt]

yeah 2 seconds at like 1000+ iso is the best i found (before i stopped doing phone astro cause it sucks)

[opaque tundra]

Facts

[zealous edge]

Got this image with my iPhone 12 and my grandpops old 60mm telescope. Not great, but also the best image of the moon I've taken thus far, so I guess it's alright

[somber lantern]

Nice

[shy snow]

My iso maxes out at 814

Um doing umtracked and i found that high iso dont stack well for me

[smoky scaffold]

M64 Black Eye Galaxy

1000x1s 10k iso

used my last clear night for the week on this, I’m pretty happy with the data

[patent zodiac]

How the hell did you manage to find it i sadly cant

[cobalt brook]

Curious as to how this works?

[shy snow]

It covers up the gap between the phone camera and eyepiece

So i prevents glares on the phone lens and eyepiece

Im gonna use it today shooting arcturus hopefully

[spice gale]

hold on @smoky scaffold , what telescope do you have?

[smoky scaffold]

orion starblast ii 4.5 eq

[smoky scaffold]

the bright star on the left

[patent zodiac]

Aight

[somber lantern]

I'd say to put your scope on stellarium (telescopius if you don't have plus) and use the stars near the object to properly center it

[somber lantern]

Haha bootis

[smoky scaffold]

I could also see it in the live view if I looked hard enough (good seeing + at zenith)

im in b6

it is in a hard spot to star hop to though

[patent zodiac]

Ik so i will have to find it on luck just like i found sombrero

[smoky scaffold]

I can show you my path for star hopping if you want tho

that’s how I found the general area

[gusty zodiac]

I also found it while I was on my way to M53. I couldn't see anything but I could tell it was there since surrounding stars matched up. Its been a while but here's roughly the star-hopping journey I did

[magic trout]

wow, which app are you using?

[smoky scaffold]

here’s the path I used to find it, pretty much identical to aba’s

but I think this one will only work if you live in a low bortle where you can see alpha comae berenices

if not (which I couldn’t) just use arcturus

https://youtu.be/6-_58mSGz1Q?si=uPxxo1nI7og6s3Fk
there’s also this website called astrohopper which makes finding things MUCH faster

I personally don’t use it unless it’s a last resort because my camera is on my phone, and I don’t have something to attach my phone to the telescope

also astrohopper obviously won’t work if you have a small scope

[terse smelt]

astrohopper works on a small(ish) scope

[iron bear]

Deepskycamera to get the data and pixinsight to stack and process

[lunar beacon]

Why? The only problem it may throw it out of balance, other that that it works on by 60/400 refractor, 102/660 refactor and my SCT C8

[smoky scaffold]

yes you're right, i should've probably said it would be harder, not that it wouldn't work

[magic trout]

appreciate it, are you using the app for all of your shots?

[iron bear]

yep

[novel ruin]

Can you find carina nebula?

[terse smelt]

no

[spring viper]

34min from b7-8

[smoky scaffold]

what phone?

[spring viper]

SW130PDS, eq3-2 OnStep, Redmi note 7, SW let 28mm. 99x21s(34min), ISO 600.

[somber lantern]

Pretty nice

[shy snow]

A single good sub (cropped)

I used my DIY diffraction spike generator

My scopes f/12

So i dont expect much

[terse smelt]

why?

why'd you add spikes

[somber lantern]

He likes the look ig

I also kinda wish my newt had visible spikes, they make stars more star looking

[terse smelt]

yeah makes sense

[somber lantern]

But I know they can become a problem

[somber lantern]

I've only been able of seeing them on Sirius

They're probably visible on canopus too

[spring viper]

Yes, if I have the strength and the weather, I will continue the photo session, another 1 hour of time will change a lot

But my eyepiece is a little bit trashy, you can see these star trails on the photo

[smoky scaffold]

M51 Whirlpool galaxy
400x2s 11k iso
iPhone 15 Pro
low bortle 4

shout out to discord compression as always!

[spring viper]

C/2021 S3 panstarrs

[coral cedar]

42 minutes of stacking, 19x 132 frames siril and photoshop

[violet mica]

old image, i remember using 3x barlows, single handheld image, iphone 8 plus 130/650mm

[spring viper]

This night I saw an incredible meteor, I have never seen anything like it in my life. This photo was shared in our Belarusian chat, but I saw meteor with my own eyes!!

[violet mica]

Crazy

[spring viper]

The sky and grass became very bright, I didn’t understand at first what happened, it was very beautiful

Most likely, a meteorite could fall from this meteor

M27 with IPhone XS, 20x30s(10min)

[violet mica]

How long did it last

[violet mica]

What app did you use if i may ask?

[spring viper]

About 5 seconds

[spring viper]

Astroshader

[violet mica]

Is it free?

[spring viper]

Yeah

[violet mica]

Alright thanks

[elder birch]

Nice!
I reckon with a bit of background extraction and adjusting black point you might get it to really pop

[magic trout]

woow, iso and white balance? also how do i know the focus is right? i have a hard time getting it with astroshader

[smoky scaffold]

bahtinov mask

[spring viper]

WB was 3800, iso 3500

Max details from 34min

Without PC for processing, only phone

[coral cedar]

With tracker?

[shy snow]

Thats bright

[coral cedar]

How did you stack them?

[spring viper]

DSS

Yes, but later

[coral cedar]

Oh I thought without PC proccesing

Without PC's software

[spring viper]

Only DSS

I would like something like AstroShader on Android

[violet mica]

Theres a similar one called deep sky camera

You can choose number of frames, iso, exposure and focus settings, flats, darks and those

Theres an upcoming pro version also that will include live stacking and other features

[violet mica]

This one

[spring viper]

Yes, but without auto stack

[violet mica]

Ill try astroshader

When theres a clear night ofc

Cause its raining like everyday here lol

[elder birch]

The way I normally do it (without a Bahtinov mask)
Set focus in the middle.
Set the exposure to 0.1s ISO to 4000.
Aim at some bright stars and pinch to zoom in.
Manually focus as best you can with the scope.
Use the - and + focus buttons to make smaller changes.

[magic trout]

appreciate you

how do i choose the right WB?

[waxen thistle]

I just joined this server, here are my decent photos from the past month

[smoky scaffold]

what’s that last one? im thinking crab nebula

great images btw these are really good for a phone

[elder birch]

I tend to go with what looks right, usually ~4500.
Light pollution changes seem to have the biggest impact for me.

[waxen thistle]

yes

[spring viper]

Shooting Caldwell 4

[spring viper]

M27. SW130PDS, eq3-2 OnStep, Redmi note 7, SW let 28mm. 136х32s(1h 12min), ISO 500. Bortle 7-8. Second attempt

[spring viper]

25min Caldwell 4 from b7-8

A lil boy

Very small

Just 5x32s exposure

[waxen thistle]

Does anyone here stack AstroShader photos with calibration frames? If so, what is your process?

[smoky scaffold]

you could do darks by just pausing, and the resuming with the lens cap on for the last few subs

it’s what I do but im not sure if it actually works

[elder birch]

Unfortunately this won’t work. You would need to shoot the darks separately and combine them in something like DSS.

AstroShader won’t know they are dark frames that need to be subtracted from the stack. It would just average them like the light frames.

The closest thing in AstroShader is the background removal which removes some of the effects of dark noise.

[tulip geyser]

I have OFFICIALLY graduated from college with my associates degree. I’ll be headed off in August for astronomy/astrophysics!!

[smoky scaffold]

just finished flocking my newt!

[zealous edge]

Oh nice!

A darn flocking good job

[zealous scaffold]

🖐️ what is flocking

[violet mica]

Was gonna say that

[smoky scaffold]

lining the inside of a newt with flocking paper to improve contrast

flocking paper is darker than what it’s usually made of

[tough nest]

Does anybody have a 3d printer here?

Ik thats kinda a weird question, but I saw some that are not that expensive. I honestly thought they were like 3 grand or smth

[elder birch]

#🖨-3d-printer-factory
…someone in there may be able to help

[tough nest]

It says no access?

[regal orbit]

sucks to have a phone that doesnt support raw files, and has its camera 2 API blocked by samsung

referring to samsung a54

[somber lantern]

It's an opt in channel

[tough nest]

Oh

[hollow sable]

saudi gigachad?

[opaque tundra]

hi yes

[smoky scaffold]

markarians chain? 600x2s

I might have missed it but I can’t tell which galaxies are which

I definitely got something

[lament yoke]

went to a bortle 4 and snapped this beauty with an Iphone 14

[zealous edge]

wow

how long of an exposure?

[coral cedar]

Just take shot with milkyway last night

[nimble harness]

That's crazy

[opaque tundra]

That’s amazing, what kind of settings did u use

[coral cedar]

19s of exposure and iso 600 i take like 132 frames, stack them together and i got 42 minutes exposure of milky way.

Proccesing with siril and photoshop as the finishing

[opaque tundra]

astroshader right?

[coral cedar]

No deepskycamera

Stack at siril

Fortget to mention that

[lament yoke]

i used AstroShader

[spice gale]

Great night, M57, M13 and M92, with my Samsung a52s and my 6"dob flextube

[neat schooner]

Milky Way this morning

I believe you can also see M8 and M24 from the image

[brisk glen]

Wow I’m thinking off buying the heritage 150p, would you recommend it? Do you have anymore pictures??

[opaque tundra]

i have the 130p and wish i had saved up a lil bit more for that goto version, i didnt know i'd end up wanting to do dso. ;c

[brisk glen]

Ahh 😞 do you have any result pictures with 130p?? I’m also figuring about that one. Either 130 or 150

[opaque tundra]

the best i have is just the moon, i tried shooting orion from b8 and it didnt go so well

[spice gale]

Yes, I can tell you that the telescope is great, I have it for almost a year and I love that it's portable

These are just the best ones

Ask me anything about it and I will answer

[nimble harness]

Is this stacked?

[spice gale]

No

2s exposure and ISO 3200

Single exposure

[nimble harness]

Oh I see

It was weird bc I tried capturing it last night and it turned out awful

[spice gale]

This Jupiter one is stacked (my first stack)

[nimble harness]

I couldn't really see anything

[spice gale]

Photo pleeeease

What telescope do you have?

I really want to buy a Eq mount so I can get bigger exposures

[nimble harness]

Holdup.

Litteraly invisible

[spice gale]

Wat dis?

[nimble harness]

Same here

[nimble harness]

Ring nebula

Not even visible though

[spice gale]

Well that's sad

[nimble harness]

Orion observer 114mm

[nimble harness]

Fr

[spice gale]

Are you sure you got the right spot?

[nimble harness]

Yeah

[spice gale]

Wait, doesn't it have a Eq mount?

[nimble harness]

Also tried to shoot bodes

[nimble harness]

Yep

It doesn't help very much though

I find it to be a pain in the butt

I would much rather have a tracking alt az

[spice gale]

Oh I see

What bortle are you in?

[nimble harness]

6

[spice gale]

I only shoot in raw if I will stack the images, which is never, I use the pro mode on my phone camera

[nimble harness]

Same

[spice gale]

Better than my 7

[nimble harness]

You have a better tele though

[spice gale]

Oh, so you were going to stack the images?

[nimble harness]

Do you have the tracking version of the 150p?

[spice gale]

Nope

[nimble harness]

I was but then I realized that they were all in different positions so it wouldn't make too much sense to try

[spice gale]

Sad

[nimble harness]

If I had a tracking mount I would def go for atleast 30 sec exposures

Just for more detail

[spice gale]

Yes

[nimble harness]

Do like 5 of those and then stack them

[spice gale]

But for that you need a good Eq mount

[nimble harness]

Or an alt az

A tracking eq would be absolute heaven

[spice gale]

IMO, you should only stack the planets or the moon by taking a video, which doesn't work on DSOs, because they are too dark to see in a video

You go to your telescope, take a 15s video on Jupiter, go to PIPP, then to ASIStudio, then to ASIVideoStacking and there you have a nice photo of Jupiter

[nimble harness]

I usually take like 5 minute videos of planets for extra detail

Pipp is very smart about getting good frames

And auttostakkert is amazing too

[spice gale]

But for DSOs you have to take lots of RAW shots and then stack them, combined with dark frames and all that, which is much more complicated. That's why I only stack planets and only take photos of DSO, not in raw mode, but in Gpeg

[spice gale]

I find ASIStudio easier to use

[nimble harness]

Dso absolutely requires a tracking mount tho

[spice gale]

Yes

[nimble harness]

Otherwise the images come out weird

I guess I just have to save up for one

[spice gale]

Well kinda

[nimble harness]

Or a nexstar 8se

Even though it is mainly for planets

[spice gale]

It's a big telescope

[nimble harness]

Definitely something I am going to save up for

[brisk glen]

All untracked?

[smoky scaffold]

just shoot in raw anyway

shooting in jpeg ruins the image

[spice gale]

Yes

[spice gale]

Idk, you can see more in jpeg

[fading bobcat]

Yeah but jpeg compresses the image and cuts hidden details that'd be brought out in post processing.

That's why also, if you've noticed, .raw files are much larger. There's more data hidden in them

[spice gale]

True

[somber lantern]

I only shoot in jpeg if I'm testing stuff

[somber lantern]

It's totally fine if you want to change your scope for a bigger one, but you're underestimating yours, I took all these with my 114/900 which is pretty much same as your but longer fl
All these were in b9 with my phone, I'm untracked (the Orion one sucks and I can't reprocess it because I don't have the data anymore)

[nimble harness]

Awesome pics btw

[somber lantern]

Something like a x3 barlow would do you great

[bronze jackal]

Coathanger Cluster
S22 Ultra 10x lens