Phone Astrophotography

[prisma raft]

heck no

[coral cedar]

Yeahh ofc no

[floral token]

I don't even care about phone much other than raw format ngl

[coral cedar]

Id rather buy a full setup of astrophotography

[floral token]

It's waiting of money if you already have a phone and want another pricey phone just for ap that's stupid

Just get a dSLR setup at that point

Or a astrocam for telescope

[prisma raft]

im getting a canon camera anyway

[floral token]

👍

[coral cedar]

If you want to force A series to have an expert raw fiture, root the phone, but the risk is way too much

[prisma raft]

it doesnt run anyway

ive tried

it'll open and then close right away

[coral cedar]

Crashed hmm

Alright no chance haha

[prisma raft]

how damn hard is it for samsung to just make it so we can take photos in raw

it is not that hard

i mean like it has pro mode, and yet lacks raw

[halcyon rune]

Bortle 3, yeah I could get better resulty but for some reason there a is purple line on the right when I use simple raw

Well lets see it. Jan 23 one ui 7 releasing with new camera updates. My expectations are high.

It doesn't have camera2api or smth like that, right? Thats why we cant shoot in raw. Lets go to strike outside the samsung headquarters!

[formal notch]

yeah but DSC does the job

[prisma raft]

doesnt let a55 phones take raw

[formal notch]

i would complain abt it that much cause at least its giving us option to

[formal notch]

aww man

have u tried openlivestacked

openlivestacker

or

baconcamera

for my old phone, baconcamera workes

[prisma raft]

baconcamera isnt available on my phone

[formal notch]

awww man

try openlivestacker then

one sec

restating my pc

[formal notch]

At least u have good exposure times

[halcyon rune]

Not quite, way too slow

[formal notch]

I felt that too

For me its a real pain

1/3 sec max exppsure

It takes 1 sec to save it

F

[halcyon rune]

Indeed, try oneplus 6t with it, it takes 1 minute to do a 20 sec exposure

[formal notch]

Aww man

[halcyon rune]

30 sec here

[formal notch]

heh

My 10yr old phone does better tha DSC

It loterally has 16 sec exposure setting in its camera app

[coral cedar]

I have no problem using dsc

But i dont really like the new ui

I like the old one

[formal notch]

Same

[halcyon rune]

I like the new ui but its way too slow

[coral cedar]

Yeah

The old one its kinda good

My oppo reno does like 90 second exposure max

[formal notch]

Nice

[halcyon rune]

Insane foreground detail probably

[coral cedar]

No, its kinda useless...., i need tracker on it to use the 90 second exposure

[halcyon rune]

I said foreground not sky

[coral cedar]

Oh my bad

Haha

[floral token]

My last ap with 20 bucks tripod 🥹

[wind spoke]

not bad

tbf

[floral token]

Thanks 🤠

[wind spoke]

other than the insane cometing

[floral token]

Right now I am at the terrace waiting for clouds to go?

[floral token]

?

[wind spoke]

get a coma corrector for ur binos /j

[wind spoke]

the stars become extremely cometed at the edges

[floral token]

It was not aligned properly

That's the reason it's bad

[floral token]

Binoculars 😖

[wind spoke]

attach a full frame astrocam to it

[sterile parrot]

And it works great

[balmy ravine]

Probably hot pixel which can be fixed with bias and dark frames

[undone dagger]

What site is that

[subtle grove]

Sum exposure photos I took

[subtle grove]

How much was it chat..

[formal notch]

on sec

[formal notch]

https://www.deepskycamera.de/en/smartphones_app_detail_nightmode.php

[undone dagger]

Which one is better?

[lunar beacon]

Instead of getting a phone with better camera just get a good ASI ZWO sensor - it would be way-way better and nicer to use.

[prisma raft]

not many people have thousands of dollars lying around

[lunar beacon]

Thouthands of dollars are for cooled camera you don't really need. You can get pretty good sensor for around $300...

You anyway need quite a lot for both tracking mount and desent scope - so it is only part of it.
I still get way better results with ASI224MC than with smartphone camera.

Especially on used market - I got 224MC for less than $100 used. And 178MM for around $130 on a deal.

[prisma raft]

300 to your currency, as an australian is usually double the price man

[lunar beacon]

I talked USD as international currency 🙂

[prisma raft]

i dont even own more than 200

[lunar beacon]

Than it is a different story... Anyway I wouldn't buy a phone for a camera

[prisma raft]

fyi, i already own the phone and have for several months now

[lunar beacon]

I mean replacing phone with one with a better camera 🙂

[prisma raft]

already doing that

[zinc heart]

I took this picture of Jupiter last night with my phone and telescope. I think it turned out really well.👍😀

[balmy ravine]

Red spot visible

[zinc heart]

yeah

[balmy ravine]

Mine with a 60mm

[undone dagger]

Can someone tell me which one to use 🙏

[formal notch]

Xiaomi

[undone dagger]

Alr thanks

[formal notch]

np

[grizzled lance]

Xiaomi cuz raw

[formal notch]

yea

[grizzled lance]

And bigger sensor

[formal notch]

yeah

looks pretty good

[halcyon rune]

It isnt, there is a whole ahh line on the right

[sterile parrot]

Like £10 for a 40mm and 10mm

Both celestron one omni and one is different

[balmy ravine]

Sens screenshot

[balmy ravine]

Bigger sensor? How does that make a difference? Other than fov

[subtle grove]

Fake ass celestron💀

[grizzled lance]

Yk how like dslr or cameras for astrophotography has big sensors

Its to capture more detail and light

So bigger it is the better

[balmy ravine]

Its the aperture size that determines the amount of light reaching the sensor

[grizzled lance]

Bigger the sensor more detail and light it can get from what I know

[grizzled lance]

Aperture aswell

But you can change that with settings

Sensor size is within what you are capturing

[sterile parrot]

Nah

I got a real 2x omni barlow and the quality is the same

[halcyon rune]

Lemme find one

See that on the right?

[balmy ravine]

That's noise? Must be how your phone displays the image, try opening it in dss

[kindred zephyr]

He would have to adjust the mount you know. And the telephoto sensor is really small in samsung phones

If you leave the software issue

There is a hardware bottle neck

[kindred zephyr]

Get a mi 11 ultra in 2nd hand market man. 1/1.12inch main sensor. And you get sd888 with really good amoled display. Would go around for 300usd for 12/256gb variant

[subtle grove]

Send the link to it

[sterile parrot]

U in uk?

Well i dont think itll matter

[subtle grove]

Send link

[sterile parrot]

Alr

I just found this on AliExpress: ￡10.89 | Celestron omni 4mm 6mm 9mm 12mm 15mm 32mm 40mm and 2x eyepiece and Barlow Lens Fully Multi-Coated Metal Astronomy Telescope
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EH8BKJe

I just found this on AliExpress: ￡15.96 | Celestron 62 degree aspherical high-definition eyepiece 4/10/23mm Fully Coated for 1.25" Astronomy Telescope
https://a.aliexpress.com/_Ez584qG

[undone dagger]

What do you guys use as your setup?

[halcyon rune]

It isnt only on the phone

[grizzled lance]

Damn from aliexpress?

I was thinking to get 40mm celestron eyepiece

[sterile parrot]

They work beautifully

Use aliexpress or buy it for 7x the price

[grizzled lance]

I might buy it then if I save uo money

[sterile parrot]

And u get a free filter

[grizzled lance]

I seen other liek yt buying from aliexpress and save like 300

£300

[sterile parrot]

Yh il bro ita crayz

[grizzled lance]

Yeah I'll think about buying from aliexpress

[sterile parrot]

Bro do it

Dont think about it do it

[undone dagger]

Can I just stick my phone on a tripod and call it a day

[balmy ravine]

Strange

[halcyon rune]

Is this it?

[grizzled lance]

Lmao when I have the money

[sterile parrot]

Yeah

Wait nono

[sterile parrot]

Use this link

[halcyon rune]

❤️

Damn 30 5 star reviews

Has to be awesome

Ordering it right away

Can you show me results tho? Before I get scammed

[undone dagger]

Guys I have a question

Can I just stick my phone to a tripod and call it a day?

[halcyon rune]

Depends.

[floral token]

Bro is ready

[undone dagger]

Yo man

I bought this wye lens

Is it good?

[halcyon rune]

Tbh just buy a telescope at that price

[halcyon rune]

ofc for 15 bucks? Who isn't

[halcyon rune]

Send a link btw lemme check

[undone dagger]

Alr

https://amzn.eu/d/6KMT1rz

[halcyon rune]

Refund it. buy a telescope

[undone dagger]

I refund it

[undone dagger]

Cant

Too expensive

[halcyon rune]

Ermm

https://www.expondo.hu/uniprodo-csillagaszati-tavcso-76-mm-900-mm-haromlabu-allvany-10250361?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAyJS7BhBiEiwAyS9uNZZhupQv5PdtIfsVyqx8yfJDXrAFMIENLYVYBDnn1Lpa6pvWe6HHThoC_XMQAvD_BwE

For start its awesome, It is the same price as that

[undone dagger]

I don't speak turkish

[floral token]

Wait for you to earn yourself or save.
Till then focus one learning things and you have phone ap option right now.

[fleet vector]

orion nebula

[halcyon rune]

Thats hungarian

[undone dagger]

Oh sorry

[halcyon rune]

It's still a good telescope tho

I feel like if you don't want to save then orser it

[undone dagger]

How much is it in egp

Cuz idk

[halcyon rune]

You ordered a 104 dollars cheap lens

This is 100 dollars

also egp to huf

[undone dagger]

It was 104 dollars

It was 104 egp

Big diff

[remote cypress]

Great! Much better than my image of Orions belt

[halcyon rune]

Damn.

Thats not even a 100th of the price.

I'd say just save up

[undone dagger]

😦

[dusty swift]

Dang I didn’t know the Orion Nebula was THAT visible, I thought it was just a dot without zoom or anything

[grizzled lance]

This is was few days ago

3x telephoto for 2 and 1 cropped

[balmy ravine]

Saw the moonrise over Madrid on my flight

[floral token]

No with integration time, we can see it.

@dusty swift This was my last phone ap session.

[dusty swift]

What you using for magnification

[floral token]

It's default zoom (1x)
I have cropped so it looks like zoomed in

[dusty swift]

oh

[floral token]

Let me share tips which I have send to mugestu
It might help you if you do phone ap

[dusty swift]

Sick I wanna try that out, I’m trying to get my parents to go see the planetary alignment at our local dark place next Saturday

[floral token]

1. try to keep Orion way above your horizon , cause the gradients will kill your dreams 100%

2. do not try to take pics if there are clouds in your shots(even is there are partially) if there are no clear skies then you can take it.

3. make sure to have the best focus
   To do that, first of all, target a bright star and zoom it in(10x or 5x) and try to adjust your focus, do that when you find satisfactory results(it won't be perfect but you would know the difference for sure)
   If the focus is bad then your photos will look bad even if you get more integration.

4. have a STURDY tripod (most important, trust me) and this is a equipment that you are going to use it even after your phone ap time.
   Please, make sure to get a sturdy tripod (used are goated for tripod NGL)
   A recommendation could be used bogen 3001 (idk if this is in Europe or not but
   something like that, STURDY)

5. make sure to have Orion nebula near center as it was have least star trialling issues and as well as gradient.

6. and talking about star trailing, please don't use more than 20 seconds, I did 10 second and 3 seconds timer between all shots(very important as it will give way better focus in every image)
   Maybe go for like 15 seconds but if you see trails use around 10 seconds

7. use raw format and a good app, for android use procamx or deep sky camera(people's favourite but I didn't used it)

8. try to take as many integration time as you can. I had 41 min 40 second.

9. don't keep your expectations too high (very important). just enjoy that you have captured amazing things on just phone.

10. check focus every 5-10 min or so and also you have to reframe Orion as our earth is moving, do it like 3-5 min.

This are all tips that I have learned, I might have miss some of tips but this are once which will help you a lot.

Also don't forgot to keep the tripod low cause if it's high the wind will cause many issues such as out of focus images, star trialling and in worst case continue->

Scenario you will lose all of your shots.

Just copy and paste this somewhere

[dusty swift]

I’ll copy it into my notes

one thing that worries me is my tripod, which has a broken leg but can still stand. It’s not super bad but it can get a little wobbly when you touch your phone while your phone is hooked up to it

Last time I captured the milky way I didn’t get a good picture of the core or anything so I wanna try and do that next time

And then maybe get Orion

[floral token]

Make some DIY changes in your tripod

Trust me tripod are number 1 priority for phone ap

[dusty swift]

Did you edit the photos on computer btw, cuz I edit on lr mobile

Or did you not edit them at all

[dusty swift]

Rn we have some toothpick lookin thing to hold the broken leg together, idk what else we could do about it

[floral token]

It's processed in laptop.

[dusty swift]

The tripod is a cheap one

Wait I remember I have another tripod but it’s low to the ground

[dusty swift]

Alr, would lr mobile be a good app to edit something like that

[floral token]

Buy a good tripod. It would be staying with you long time

[floral token]

I don't really know much about phone editing

Go to your near library or something like that they will have pc over there

[dusty swift]

I think it’s pretty bad unless you get premium, which gives you an option to edit the sky and not the foreground stuff

For example I got this in November and it’s edited in lr mobile, I may have over edited it a lil but I was trying to get the Milky Way as best as I can. I feel like it could be better if I had the premium option

[floral token]

It's damn good 🥹

Try to keep iso low if there is light dome

[dusty swift]

Idk if I can adjust iso in the camera app unless that’s what the sun thing is, but I have an app called astroshader which has iso options

[floral token]

Iso is necessary to set

Keep it 1600 if there is not much light pollution from that area or lower bortle scale , if there's light dome keep it 800

[dusty swift]

I think I’ll use astroshader for pics like Orion and milky way just cuz you can adjust a lot and it can take multiple pictures and stack them

But it’s not computer app type processing

[floral token]

Taking pics is different thing and post processing is different thing.

Take pic from astroshader and post processing in different app/software

[dusty swift]

Let’s hope I can be able to go see the alignment and milky way from the local dark place, and perhaps the core of the Milky Way could not be where that light dome is

[floral token]

Best of luck Buddy🥹

[grizzled lance]

Zodiacal lights maybe

Search that up

[halcyon rune]

Get it from happymod

It unlocks premium settings for free

[floral token]

Just a trial on galaxy with 7x50 bino and phone. setting used: 7min integration | 1600 iso | 4 second each | No dbf frames. Problems i got/created: didnt had good allignment cause of cold, didnt focused properly(post processing save my as* but with downsides as well), m51 was not in center, 20$ tripod(worst issue out of all). Anyway, i got a used bogen 3001 tripod, so a nice upgrade imo.

[halcyon rune]

Idk why are you so focused on tripods. I got one from temu for 10 bucks and it was awesome, didn't move it just used autoclicker. Tripod isn't a really important thing. I mean it is good to have a quality one, but it's most definitely not the most important one in phone ap

Also nice pic

[halcyon rune]

Never got the results lol

[floral token]

For me probably cause, when you do bino and phone ap you will understand the importance of good tripod and it was not expensive. It was 62$(worth it)

Cause the 20$ one was trembling in wind

[sterile parrot]

Wym?

[halcyon rune]

I asked for results with the 15 bucks barlow

Can you show me some pwease

[floral token]

I did that Orion constellation with 20$ and it was fine but with bino nah ..

[sterile parrot]

Oh i aint got no photos

[halcyon rune]

Tbh at that price just save up for a 100 bucks telescope

[floral token]

Lol no

[halcyon rune]

Can you make some when you have time, clear skies?

[halcyon rune]

Why\

[sterile parrot]

Yeah ill try remember

[floral token]

Not worth it

[sterile parrot]

Its good tho just buy it

[halcyon rune]

Why?

[elder birch]

Wide-field of Flame and Horsehead.
iPhone13: 3s, x600, ISO 14,000 on AstroShader.
Shot with a 50mm spotting scope on an AZGTi, not the best kit but cheap and easy to setup

[floral token]

NGL at this setup, it's great

[halcyon rune]

Never got an answer, aight

[floral token]

Cheap telescope not worth it

[halcyon rune]

I got one and it is insanely worth it for short-medium term

[floral token]

It is but it's the same thing with binos lol

My setup is under 150$

No sorry 110$

[halcyon rune]

It is just more difficult

[floral token]

I love it ! Under 120 bucks I can do many things

[dusk crow]

Orion nebula 114/500 and phone 2sx300 in b6

[coral cedar]

Nice oneee

But i think it could go more

[dusk crow]

Thank you! I will do next time more exposure time

[iron bear]

I got the Tridaptor. The one I use broke and I was unable to take a photo for a few days. Apparently it's better than the celestron one

[balmy ravine]

every frame from a timelapse i took on a flight: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z-cvDYs37XdhEjf0M63oDWbJNniTHZbP?usp=sharing

[fleet vector]

how..?

oh its stacked

[stable sundial]

the definition of "your either hate it or love it"

[halcyon rune]

Tbh I still wouldn't buy it. I bet the 1 star reviews are the more experienced ones

[wind spoke]

it will be of a poorer quality

way poorer

[sterile parrot]

Came in the exact same box as a real one and same quality

[wind spoke]

i dont believe you

im ngl

[sterile parrot]

Believe what u wanna believe ig

Pay £70 for a eyepiece

[wind spoke]

i already have :3

[sterile parrot]

Be my guest whilst im getting them for £10 or less

[grizzled lance]

Damn

[wind spoke]

ive seen cheap eyepeices and they are worse

wayy worse

[grizzled lance]

I got 20mm plossl eyepiece from ebay it's such good quality

Works well

[wind spoke]

thats because its used

[grizzled lance]

I got it for like 13 pound

Its not

Trust me

[wind spoke]

houh

[grizzled lance]

It came in actual box everything and the eyepiece is dense

I can show a picture I can take rn

[wind spoke]

yea, doesn't mean its not used tho 😭

[grizzled lance]

Mb I don't have the box

[wind spoke]

they could have taken good care of it

[grizzled lance]

Its from a actual seller

[sterile parrot]

£90 actually

[grizzled lance]

And they got like much of it

[wind spoke]

ive spent more

[sterile parrot]

Good gor u

[wind spoke]

is :3

they probably going to outlive me ngl

[grizzled lance]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351058927659?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=HKu-iX8UTQq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=2SYcP4AjRMq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=WHATS_APP

This is the one I got it's super good

But sometimes cheaper ones not always going to give good results so you have to look out

[wind spoke]

also you wont know the difference until you use an expensive eyepiece btw

[wind spoke]

i have this 26mm that i got for £22 but its solid metal

[grizzled lance]

Looks good quality

[wind spoke]

it is

[grizzled lance]

The coating looks sick

[wind spoke]

theres no chromatic aberration

whatsoever

[grizzled lance]

22 pound is a steap

Steal

[wind spoke]

its from flo's website

so really fast delivery aswell

[grizzled lance]

I seen aliexpress celestron eyepiece they look legit

Other astronomy YouTubers buy from aliexpress aswell

[wind spoke]

yes

i see

heres my current setup

its phone ap i swear

[grizzled lance]

Eq3-2?

[wind spoke]

yea

getting the mod for it soon

the onstep goto mod

[grizzled lance]

I need to get that

This is my setup

😎😎

[wind spoke]

why dont you get a dslr or astrocam

bc you can get a dslr for like £300

[grizzled lance]

S23ultra is my astro cam

[grizzled lance]

Ik but liek I already had my phone

Its my dad's

[wind spoke]

an astrocam or dslr would get you so much better images

[grizzled lance]

S23 is too good bro I got insane images

[wind spoke]

proof?

[grizzled lance]

All single frame I haven't learn how to stack

And I don't think i aligned the eyepiece to camera properly

B5-6

[wind spoke]

these were taken with a phone, trust

[wind spoke]

im glad I didn't start with phone ap 😭

[grizzled lance]

Woah

[grizzled lance]

This stacked?

[wind spoke]

yea

[grizzled lance]

Hopefully I'll learn stacking

Moon looks very good

[floral token]

Y'all did a great job 👽👀

[wind spoke]

your images wont look as good still

[grizzled lance]

I'll prove you wrong 😈

[floral token]

Stacking is easy my dude

[grizzled lance]

I'll eventually learn I'm just waiting for good weather

[floral token]

Use your old data to learn stacking

Learn editing when there are clouds

[grizzled lance]

I need more

[floral token]

Use free data online to learn

[grizzled lance]

Alright I will 100%

[floral token]

Nice

[grim raft]

Tbh phone astrophotography is actually goated

[potent gorge]

Phone astro

[floral token]

With binoculars/scope too

[floral token]

Goated for beginners

[grim raft]

well that explains why I think it’s good 🙃

[floral token]

Use stacking 🗣️

[grim raft]

How to stack

[floral token]

Siril or dss in laptop
Search in YouTube videos

[grim raft]

I don’t have any laptops / pcs tho

My one and only pc is…..

broken

[floral token]

I think there are mobile stacking too
Try them

[balmy ravine]

What diameter?

[potent gorge]

Nope.

[floral token]

I mean it's good than nothing

[grizzled lance]

150mm

Not the best tracking wide field was captured by S23U same with picture I captured w scope

[balmy ravine]

No wonder, 6.25x more light than mine

[undone dagger]

Do I use zoom or wide field?

For better images

[grizzled lance]

Depends what your imaging

[balmy ravine]

Nope unless the resolution for no zoom is limited

[undone dagger]

Tbh I don't know

Haven't decided yet

[grizzled lance]

For like milkyway and in general taking pictures of night sky 1x or ultra wide

If using scope then just 1x for deep sky objects

If planets using scope you can use zoom but it might degrade the image

[undone dagger]

I'm honestly thinking of deepsky

Can you rate my image?

[sterile parrot]

Mine was like 40?

[sterile parrot]

50*

[formal notch]

Water dmg is the easiest way

[formal notch]

• Equipment -
  114/900 scope (untracked)
  Samsung A04e (Samsung A04f)

• Processing -
  OpenLiveStacker for aqusition and stacking
  Siril for colour correction,BGE,streching
  Gimp for final touchups

[grim raft]

Well it runs Roblox on 15 fps💀

[spice gale]

not bad!

[formal notch]

thx

[halcyon rune]

I checked your bio, and saw that you do graffiti, would you mind sharing some of your works? It's kinda entertaining

[fleet vector]

orion nebula

ignore jupiter having a beam

[spice gale]

ofc😅

[halcyon rune]

Well lemme see lol

[floral token]

school hater and graffti in same line. 💀

[spice gale]

im at school

ill send you when i get home

[spice gale]

they aint tho

[halcyon rune]

"Graffiti in the school I hate"

[balmy ravine]

Rigel?

[grizzled lance]

That's defo rigel

[fleet vector]

nah jupiter

wait no maybe rigel

[dusk crow]

Saturn Almost disappearing behind the sun. The rings are get to flat to

[fervent fiber]

Hey guys! Anyone here especially experienced with phone astrophotography? I’m gonna be presenting at the local library near the university about phone astrophotography in April and i’d love to hear what you guys have tips/tricks-wise.
It’s a little out of my range of expertise since I do predominantly use an astro camera, so it’d be great to hear something from someone who uses a phone typically. I’m also probably gonna be working on doing some phone astro with our 8” dob soon just to build up some more experience myself.

Thanks!

[halcyon rune]

Quality is poor mostly, it is easy to take it everywhere, its easy to mount on a telescope, tripod are really good for phones, and some phones use ai to make pics look better

Also stacking sucks.

Well atleast if you got a lot of data, like 5h then it sucks

30m-2h is aight

Its pretty late at night so thats what comes to my mind rn. Gl man!

[fleet vector]

its hard to do but if you take your time you can get decent shots

[remote cypress]

Getting the eyepiece square on the phone mount and aligned is essential

Use AstroShader or a good app

And if you are doing planetary make sure the shutter speed and focus and iso are all good

Here is mars I got yesterday with my 12” dob

I thought it was good since all my gear was dewed over and shot it through thin clouds

And these shots of Jupiter

From a few months ago before that

[fervent fiber]

I’ll take a look at AstroShader. Thanks!

[dusty swift]

The dude who made AstroShader is in here, he can prob give you some good info about it

[floral token]

i cant say i am experienced a lot but i have some tricks using phone ap as i have done with phone and as well as bino

[formal notch]

ask lucas @iron bear

[plush palm]

A very quick image I found and forgot to upload, taken in September I think, no darks and 8 lights (I think, it's a really old image 😭)

[slow depot]

Star trails from my phone earlier this night

[last iris]

South with around 10 secs light exposure

[formal notch]

taken thru Samsung A04e stacked 177 frames of 1/3sec each (yes 1/3 sec. Thats my phone' max exposure)

[balmy ravine]

What are those doted lines?

[balmy ravine]

59 seconds just for that, yikes

[formal notch]

i literally didnt do any work

i was sitting inside watching TV and i compleately forgot abt my phone capturing outside

if i handnt set the DSC limit to 200 frmes, i could have gotten a lot more

[balmy ravine]

Single 4 second exposure from my phone

[formal notch]

nice do u live in b7?

[balmy ravine]

9 but the image was taken in 7

[formal notch]

I see

Similar

I live in b9 and took this image in it

[balmy ravine]

Better version

[wicked harness]

Orion 1s-50X

[solid socket]

Oh my

[wicked harness]

i did not use a camera

but my phone

light polution level 3

[cosmic tendon]

This was also bortle 3… with terrible spot I had to take an image, and it was slowly fogging up.

1x10s

[grim raft]

Clouds ruined this photo

[grizzled lance]

Looks sick tho

[wicked harness]

looks like something from ci-fi

[slow depot]

Airplanes

[silent pumice]

How to take long exposurers without a tracking Mount?

[potent gorge]

Buy a tracking mount

[silent pumice]

Well I am using a phone for astrophotography...
Should I take 1 shot for 32 sec exposure or 3 shots of 12 second exposure then stacked

Coz without a tracking Mount I can't stack images otherwise it will become just a Star trail picture

And also .... Should I use Ultrawide Camera for astrophotography or Telephoto camera of my phone

This pic was taken by me in urban area ..... Hoping I will be able to get more better pic when I will be in a dark place

M31

[formal notch]

Its not that bad u know

Try taking multiple images in raw format and stack it

[wicked harness]

Multiple for 1s

I did that

And if you stack you will get some thing like this

[floral token]

dont zoom in and take as many as photo you can, and if the stars are not round, decrease your expsoure little by little untill you get good stars.

[silent pumice]

I can do that but can't counter earth's spin without a mount

[silent pumice]

Well should I click images with Telephoto or Ultra Wide

?

[floral token]

telephoto i guess

let me share you the tips i already wrote for someone

[silent pumice]

Ok and this pic wasn't zoomed a Lil bit even.... I just croped it to highlight the Andromeda

[silent pumice]

Yes please I am new to astrophotography

[floral token]

1. try to keep Orion way above your horizon , cause the gradients will kill your dreams 100%

2. do not try to take pics if there are clouds in your shots(even is there are partially) if there are no clear skies then you can take it.

3. make sure to have the best focus
   To do that, first of all, target a bright star and zoom it in(10x or 5x) and try to adjust your focus, do that when you find satisfactory results(it won't be perfect but you would know the difference for sure)
   If the focus is bad then your photos will look bad even if you get more integration.

4. have a STURDY tripod (most important, trust me) and this is a equipment that you are going to use it even after your phone ap time.
   Please, make sure to get a sturdy tripod (used are goated for tripod NGL)
   A recommendation could be used bogen 3001 (idk if this is in Europe or not but
   something like that, STURDY)

5. make sure to have Orion nebula near center as it was have least star trialling issues and as well as gradient.

6. and talking about star trailing, please don't use more than 20 seconds, I did 10 second and 3 seconds timer between all shots(very important as it will give way better focus in every image)
   Maybe go for like 15 seconds but if you see trails use around 10 seconds

7. use raw format and a good app, for android use procamx or deep sky camera(people's favourite but I didn't used it)

8. try to take as many integration time as you can. I had 41 min 40 second.

9. don't keep your expectations too high (very important). just enjoy that you have captured amazing things on just phone.

10. check focus every 5-10 min or so and also you have to reframe Orion as our earth is moving, do it like 3-5 min.

This are all tips that I have learned, I might have miss some of tips but this are once which will help you a lot.

Also don't forgot to keep the tripod low cause if it's high the wind will cause many issues such as out of focus images, star trialling

enjoy

[potent gorge]

try to take as many integration time as you can

proceeds to get 4mins intergration

[silent pumice]

Btw why is raw preferred over jpeg

?

[floral token]

raw has all the data while jpeg doesnt. jpeg also does some color correction

[silent pumice]

Oh I got it

[potent gorge]

scientists never used compressed data which is why everything is raw

[floral token]

jpeg helps for normal day shooting and raw help us to get data without any interferrence

[silent pumice]

So I am using a phone in my city for astrophotography
Shutter 12 sec
Iso 200
Focus infinite

Is this good

?

City area*

[floral token]

check the bortle scale

go to lightpollutionmap and check the bortle scale

use iso 800

iso200 is too low

[silent pumice]

Here the integration time means that Total exposure in 1 image * number of image stacked

Right ?

[floral token]

yeah

like 10 exposure each for 100 shots means 1000sec

[silent pumice]

Then the main prob is stat trails coz I don't have a mount

[floral token]

thats why we use low exposure

[floral token]

phone ap doesnt need mount

[floral token]

dont use 32 second, use 10-20 sec and you gotta try out many things

[floral token]

bad

use iso800 and use my tips

[silent pumice]

For sure iso 800 can give the best possible results in my area

?

[floral token]

you gotta try it out

if its too washed then go for lower one

its very light polluted area over there

[silent pumice]

So if I click images of 12 seconds ..... How many should I click to avoid star trails and get the best details possible

[silent pumice]

Yeah that's the main prob

After March I will go somewhere dark area

[floral token]

bruv

[silent pumice]

For astrophotography

[floral token]

12 second wont have star trials

more photos will not cancel the star trailing

[silent pumice]

Like I was talking about the integration time

[floral token]

if you take 32 sec you will have star trials, if you use 10 sec you will have round star

[floral token]

int time just decrease noise and gather more data

[silent pumice]

Ok got that✌️

So 12 seconds is best for my area ?

[floral token]

it depends on object position

also your camera sensor

you gotta try it out

[silent pumice]

Ok sir

[floral token]

if you see star trailing reduce if not then try to increase

[floral token]

no sir just smit

[silent pumice]

After 12 there is just 16 then 32

[floral token]

best of luck

[floral token]

i wont suggest 32

[silent pumice]

Thank bro

[floral token]

go for 12 or 16

[silent pumice]

Ok

[floral token]

also learn from youtube

[silent pumice]

Yeah I am currently

[floral token]

learn stacking also

[silent pumice]

Just started this thing a week ago

[floral token]

best of luck

[silent pumice]

Any free app ?

For mobile

[floral token]

i dont know about mobile stacking sorry

[silent pumice]

Any free pc app ?

For that

[floral token]

siril and dss

start with dss its easy

[silent pumice]

Ya I came to know about that

Btw

Suppose I clicked 1000 images of 12 second exposure, and then I stacked with dss , so will I get the unwanted star trails as I won't be using a tracker . (I know that stacking mostly reduces the Noise

[floral token]

if all the frames have no trialing then you wont have any problems

make sure to center your target as our earth is moving

its called manual dither i think

[silent pumice]

Ok

[silent pumice]

I suppose in 12 seconds there shouldn't be any

[formal notch]

ill do it

most some softwares offer rotation with stacking

[silent pumice]

Like

?

Name pls

[formal notch]

send me the data and ill try to stack it for u

[silent pumice]

Ok but currently there is daytime here when I will click I will send that

How many pics ?

[formal notch]

astrosurface, siril deepskystacker

[formal notch]

if u are untrakced try 10mins worth of data

[silent pumice]

Dss also can rotate pics ?

For better stacking

[floral token]

10min. 7x50 and phone setup

[formal notch]

yeah i am pretty sure

[silent pumice]

Ok

[formal notch]

NICE

[silent pumice]

Bro that's from mobile?

[formal notch]

u are doing better than some cams

[floral token]

binoculars

[silent pumice]

Ok

[floral token]

thankssss

[floral token]

phone and bino

[formal notch]

also it looks like there is star trailing. Try taking a bit more lower exposure

like 16sec or less

[grizzled lance]

@silent pumice try getting a decent scope and do phone ap with that for now take wide field pics and stack them

[grizzled lance]

Take diff exposure pics zoom in each one of them when stars looks like dots

[silent pumice]

Yeah I am going to take for 12 seconds tonight

[silent pumice]

So I should prioritize Wide angle lens over a telephoto

??

[grizzled lance]

You cna do both

But for telephoto

You have to reduce exposure time cuz star trail

[silent pumice]

So 12 seconds should be good right ?

[grizzled lance]

Wide field you cna increase exposure without too much star trail

[silent pumice]

And how much data should I collect?

[grizzled lance]

Take many pics different seconds right

And zoom in each one of then

Start with 12

[silent pumice]

Ok

[grizzled lance]

If there's trails

Do 11 then 10

[silent pumice]

Got that✌️

[grizzled lance]

Do that until you see no star trails even when zoom in

And then

Get like 60 pictures

Somehwere around 10min worth

[silent pumice]

And what about Earth's spin

Can dss really counter it

By software

[grizzled lance]

You cna manually move phone

Dss will do it automatically

Example yeah every 5 minute

Or 2 minute

Move your phone like tiny

[silent pumice]

But don't know how much degree every minute

[silent pumice]

Ohk

[grizzled lance]

Check on stellarium

And it depends what your taking a pic on

Yk stellarium?

[silent pumice]

So dss can really counter my this earth's spin prob

[grizzled lance]

Yeah

I think

[silent pumice]

Ofc as I locate the stars and other stuffs

[grizzled lance]

Ok that's good use that so yk like the earth spin

Hard to explain

[silent pumice]

Ok thanks a lot

[grizzled lance]

But use it so you can check how much earth spin and move phone by little

Np

[silent pumice]

👍 yeah

[grizzled lance]

What phone do you have?

[silent pumice]

Bro that's Moto Edge 50 pro

[grizzled lance]

Decent for ap

[silent pumice]

Yaa kind of

Can't really upgrade so much coz I am currently 17yo

[grizzled lance]

I use my dad phone for ap but I have honor 90 similar to yours

[silent pumice]

Oh

[silent pumice]

Well If I give you the jepg of my Andromeda , can you edit it so maybe it can go a little much better?

[grizzled lance]

I'll try

[silent pumice]

Ok I will dm you that

[grizzled lance]

Raw is bettee

Better

Ok

[silent pumice]

I didn't knew that that time so I choose jpeg

Next time I am going for raw

[grizzled lance]

Ohh

Alr

[bronze jackal]

Re-edit of my orion image

Kinda cheated by putting some lightroom masks over Orion Nebula but I don't care it worked. Also did it for the flame nebula, it's definitely there but doesn't look great

[floral token]

Nice

[silent pumice]

Guyss

How do you all edit your stacked raw images

I made one of 4 minutes exposure and it's 1 gb now

And very hard to edit too

[robust fog]

I go the ghetto route

Lightroom mobile or Photo Mate R3

[undone dagger]

Rate my pic 🙏

[zealous edge]

I love how the Pleiades just barely made it in frame, perfectly edge-on with the bottom right corner lol

[undone dagger]

Heheheh

Still a good photo right?

[silent pumice]

Total integration time ?

And is that tiff file or jpeg ?

[silent pumice]

Urban Area🥲

[undone dagger]

Tiff

[undone dagger]

20 min

And also bortle 9

[silent pumice]

Same here too

Bro check DM

[wind spoke]

onion nebula

[silent pumice]

What was the total pic size

Of tiff

[undone dagger]

I think it was 4000x3900

[floral token]

Looks promising, need more int

[silent pumice]

Is DeepSkyCamera better than the original camera app for Phone AP

?

[iron bear]

way batter...

[silent pumice]

Like pls tell me some of its advantages over our normal camera

[potent gorge]

Your phone will process your image and may or may not be saving them in raw which you need

[iron bear]

The original camera app usually processes up to the RAW file, including noise reduction. Noise reduction before stacking essentially destroys the details that would emerge through stacking

Exos 2 at left and Eq3 at right
It's a single sub.
The sharpness of my photos will improve a lot now with the Exos.

I just need to spend a few days in b4. B9 sucks

[halcyon rune]

Jokes on you as a fellow B3 astrophotographer

[iron bear]

Bro, the pictures I posted last year, I did in just two clear nights in a Bortle 3. Two nights

I live in b9.

[balmy ravine]

How do you correct for vingnetting for telescopes/ binoculars? When i used flats, it just made the noise really bright and dss detected thousands of stars

[halcyon rune]

Yeah, it is insane

Quite exciting

Yk whats even more exciting? Only on the 8th-10th of februar, will I have clear skies

[iron bear]

Here, clear nights usually start at the end of February. There are clear nights during the summer, but it rains a lot—really a lot.
Yesterday afternoon, it hailed, and several parts of the city flooded. The subway literally turned into a river.
I can’t wait for summer to be over

[halcyon rune]

You're australian or brazilian?

[gusty zodiac]

he's clearly Antarctican

[floral token]

nah he clearly jupiterian

[halcyon rune]

Obviously

[halcyon rune]

Nah, thats tom

Btw, Lucas do you track your images? Also are doing phone AP?

[floral token]

Yes he tracks but he did some untracked ap with phone and tripod for MW galaxy

[halcyon rune]

Is he doing phone every time?

[iron bear]

Brazilian

[iron bear]

Yep... Both

[halcyon rune]

Insane, teach me master. Xiaomi 12?

[iron bear]

Yep, the Mi12. I don’t do much magic.
The main thing is to align the phone well with the eyepiece. Once it’s well aligned, there’s not much distortion or vignetting. The rest is processed just like I would process data from astro cameras

[halcyon rune]

Eyepiece? I thought you only did widefield

[iron bear]

I do both. Widefield and DSO with the phone on the telescope. Widefield is even easier

[halcyon rune]

Have you ever thought of using a smart telescope?

[iron bear]

They have some limitations that I struggle with. I prefer a more traditional setup despite the cellphone

[halcyon rune]

Yeah, they're awesome. I always wondered how can someone make such a good picture with just a phone

[dusk crow]

How you get this? In the edge of the Eyepiece circle should be Coma?

[undone dagger]

My photos are cooked

Imma try and image the pleiades maybe I can get something idk

[spice gale]

i wish i would have a tracking mount

[wind spoke]

is that actually good phone ap?????

[wind spoke]

not always true

coma-corrector, blurx or took mosaic with phone and fixed the vignette or did the funny and added a vignette to a regular image

[iron bear]

Honestly, it’s not hard these days. I managed to take all these photos in just two nights. just needed to get the right gear, like a good eyepiece and a motorized equatorial mount. First, I learned how to process data from astro cameras, and then I used those skills to apply advanced processing techniques to data from my phone. I’ve got a lot of friends here in Brazil with expensive setups, and whenever we capture new photos, we hop on a Discord call to process the data together. By this way, we share techniques, and I get to test tools on phone data.
Since 2020, I’ve been doing this. I essentially learned to process during the during COVID lockdown. We would stay on Discord calls all day, working with data from Telescope Live to process and reprocess again again again...

Regarding coma, it depends on the eyepiece, the adapter, and how well the phone is aligned with the eyepiece. To align the phone, I use a bright star out of focus. This way, I can center the reflection of my telescope's secondary mirror in the out of focus image. This is the best way to adjust the phone to the eyepiece. Since I’m currently using an 18mm Ultraflatfield, there’s very little distortion.

[balmy ravine]

Schlieren with old telescope mirror

[zealous edge]

decided to finally get a video of Jupiter through my StarBlast, trust me the view with just my eye through the eyepiece looks so much better. Like 20x better, the StarBlast is surprisingly good on Jupiter

[fleet vector]

wow, what galaxy is that?

[iron bear]

Sculptor Galaxy!

[shy snow]

guys dont forget that this guy also cools his phone like an astrocam, hes an insane man in astro

[prisma raft]

how do you take such fire images with a phone doing widefield

[north willow]

How this is so clear? What phone?

[wind spoke]

its not about the phone, its about the telescope, telescope equipment and how you process the data

[elder birch]

As Lucas mentioned I think the flatfield eyepiece makes the difference here.
There’s a post on CN where somebody me compares Plossls to some flat field (can’t remember the exact brand) and the difference in barrel distortion and coma is amazing

[dusk crow]

This eyepiece are flatfield

[spice gale]

oh so flatfield for phone ap and normal eyepieces for visual

tempted to buy one but idk which one

[halcyon rune]

Probably go for a 30mm, plossl

Tbh haven't used a flatfield but plossl is proving pretty good

[dusk crow]

I have a 40mm Plössel and it Have a little bit coma

Stars get unfocused

[bronze jackal]

what galaxy is that?

wait someone already asked

[iron bear]

https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/1005002314488490.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2bra

It’s not a cheap eyepiece, but it’s worth the price.

[iron bear]

Sculptor

[dusk crow]

What is the focal length of you scope?

[iron bear]

Svbony 18mm UFF X Svbony 20mm 68°

I need to get one for deep sky, but even from the rooftop, you can already see the difference.
And this 20mm 68-degree eyepiece is already pretty decent.

[iron bear]

900mm

[dusk crow]

You also have a Goto?

[iron bear]

Yep!

[dusk crow]

I don’t have a Goto my scope is 114/500. I get star trails with 2sek with my 40mm eyepiece

I only can do 1sek

I have a large field of view because I have only 12,5x

[iron bear]

If you're using an equatorial mount but without GoTo, build a DIY OnStep... I only spent 100 US dollars to build mine. It's very easy to make.

[dusk crow]

This is how stars look with 2sek

Why Tiff😭

[dusk crow]

Is this motorise or Goto?

[iron bear]

both

[dusk crow]

I could buy a motor but is also to loud

Is none stop I hear

But maybe I could do with a good polar align 30sek

[iron bear]

The one I built, you can't even hear that the mount is working. It's extremely silent

[dusk crow]

What mount is that?

[iron bear]

Exos 2

It's the manual version. I bought it and motorized it with OnStep since OnStep is much better than the mount's native motorized version

[dusk crow]

What phone you use?

[iron bear]

Xiaomi 12/mi12

[dusk crow]

I use a Iphoen 13

Small sensor

But I can use AstroShader wich help me alot taking images

[iron bear]

It's from the same generation as mine mi12...
The sensor is slightly smaller than the IMX 766 used in my Mi12

Iphone 13 1/1.9 sensor size
Mi12 1/1.52 sensor size
About 25% smaller

It's the same size as the IMX 586 from my old Mi9T. I used to take great photos with it, so the sensor size isn't very limiting

[dusk crow]

Yeah the news phones camera are bigger

[elder birch]

Haha, wow yes - this is a great example.
Thanks for sharing

[stable sundial]

this man knows something we dont

[robust fog]

14U packs 1 inch sensor

[wind spoke]

onstep is the goat

[iron bear]

I’m not sure if it’s noticeable in the screenshot, but the sharpness of the images now with the Exos 2 has improved a lot compared to the EQ3

[ivory thunder]

when jupiter receives twin polar jets update

[fleet vector]

nice

[fleet vector]

lmao

[spice gale]

got a 25mm one, a 6 mm one and a 2.5x barlow

so i really need a mid power eyepiece

[balmy ravine]

long exposure of the moon from exmoor

[grizzled lance]

I thought it was the sun

[atomic rampart]

Same lmao

[halcyon rune]

Reprocessed one of my photos from august only in lightroom

This is the old one

[undone dagger]

Why do I get this error bru

[halcyon rune]

Rename the files.

As it says. Lol

[undone dagger]

I can't use scripts bru

[halcyon rune]

Also remove wide chars

[undone dagger]

Idk how

[halcyon rune]

Me neither I never stack in siril. It sucks

[undone dagger]

Oof

[wicked harness]

Use deep sky stacker

[prisma raft]

found out my a55 has raw capabilities but i need to boot load my phone to even activate it from Camera2Api

fun

[wicked harness]

😱

i dont have that

how check?

[prisma raft]

DeepSkyCamera told me my hardware on my phone when i looked at the files on my laptop

it can take raw but samsung turned it ofd by default

[wicked harness]

oh

yeah i can take raw pictures

[halcyon rune]

Caden, does it work with the a54? Also if it does can you tell me how do I do it

[prisma raft]

im pretty sure it can

i dunno yet

im gonna work that out when im back home

first try at Deepskycamera too btw

[plush palm]

Ayo wtf

That's insane

[halcyon rune]

Damn you bought pro?

[prisma raft]

ye

pro was worth it tho

initially i can do alot more than free

[halcyon rune]

Buy one for me too lol

[prisma raft]

nuh uh

not expensive

[undone dagger]

buy one for me too pls 🙏

[halcyon rune]

Cmon man my birthday was 1 day ago yk I love you

[undone dagger]

guys what stacking app do u use

[halcyon rune]

Sequator, photoshop, deepskystacker

I think thats all I use

Also autostakkert for planetary

[undone dagger]

dss is eating my cpu like its a bitcoin farm 💔

[prisma raft]

small amount of research, camera2apis full capability can be unlocked via rooting the phone

possible on the a54 and 55

however i dont think many people have tried it yet

will let yall know if i succeed in getting it working

[halcyon rune]

Wait do I need outside components to modify my phone to raw

Or I can just modify it thru code

[prisma raft]

via coding

or mainly chucking your phone into dev mode, turning oem unlocking and usb debugging

going into boot menu and unlocking the bootloader

which will factory reset your phone, so do backup any important resources

[halcyon rune]

Well damn it.

[prisma raft]

ik it was a shocker for me too

not too bad though

its should be as simple as being able to push phone cameras to their limits

but i sort of understand why samsung disabled it

mainly cost effective prices, many other companies do similar aspects in which you can only access it via rooting and initially voiding any warranty held on your device

[plush palm]

AGHHH I want pro but I can't crack it from anyone because only 100+ people have this app 😭

[prisma raft]

im pretty sure the free version can achieve very similar results

[prisma raft]

twas from the deepskycamera hardware thing

[undone dagger]

Hai guys

[prisma raft]

yikes

i dunno about limited camera2api

Im gonna assume that raw capabilities will be a huge pain to achieve with the a55

hence most A series phones are flagged under limited camera2api

[wooden garnet]

what is a good camera app for astrophotography?
the built in expert RAW app for samsung blows it only has 3 predefined exposure times and the shortest is 3 minutes, i want to take ones that are 30 seconds

im willing to spend a bit of money if that means getting a better experience

preferrably one that can take multiple exposures one after the other without manual input

[prisma raft]

deepskycamera

[undone dagger]

Opinions?

[prisma raft]

yikes what happened there

[undone dagger]

😦

[wooden garnet]

is getting the pro version worth the money or does the default work good enough

[undone dagger]

It's my first image man cmon

[prisma raft]

you'll be fine with the free version

[prisma raft]

to be fair it looks decent for a first image

but whatever happened around the edges

good golly

[stable sundial]

And it’s awesome

[zealous edge]

stacked the best frames from a video I got of Jupiter with my phone through my StarBlast, pretty happy with the result after processing.

certainly not the best, but it's my first legit image of any planet in our star system where you can actually tell what it is.

[fleet bramble]

S22 ultra

[sullen parrot]

one very important thing

with the deepskycamera thing

once you set focus

do not disturb it

like really don't

the slider is a pain to set up

it's extremely difficult to get it to pin point at some value

set the focus while you're at home, or using something like a distant lightpole or something

This is also quite a weird tip, but

Always set the number of frames you wish to take 1 higher

Like if you want to take 16 frames, set it to 17,
Because I have to click the on screen start button for it to start capturing images

and that causes shake

and the first photo gets ruined

[formal notch]

there is a delay option in the settings

also if we do that it will be a real pain if the stacking software recognizes those frames as of high quality

[plush palm]

Yeah but not live stacking

[prisma raft]

sequator man

[formal notch]

sequator is good?

i thought it was terrible

[prisma raft]

idk never used it

[formal notch]

oh

[potent gorge]

Bad reccomendation.

[prisma raft]

i dunno then

[nimble harness]

Decided to mess around with uranus today

114/500 so it's not much

[prisma raft]

update on this, only got my phone rooted after a very painful 7 hours of whatever

have not done anything with camera2api yet

[formal notch]

great congratz

[floral token]

Ayy it's good but you forgot to dither or some of your photos were not same as others I guess.?

[undone dagger]

Idk tbh xd

[floral token]

You did a great job mugestu

It literally good for 1st try 😀

[floral token]

Your focus is good than most of people's photos.
Just I think there are some artifacts issues. Which I never encountered in my photos

Keep it up!!

[undone dagger]

It's cuz there were buildings

[undone dagger]

Tysmmmmm

❤️

[undone dagger]

After some black pointing

[prisma raft]

DSC is disabled if you root your phone

now we know

also rooting is painfully annoying to do for just renabling basic things that get disabled after unlocking the bootloader

specifically google wallet

will try to get raw enabled tho, will keep updated on it

[iron bear]

Some phones can unlock a longer exposure time through root access. But it’s indeed a hassle for using banking apps, Google Wallet etc. I want to get any phone, remove the lens to focus directly on the telescope without an eyepiece, and root it. Just for scientific purposes

I have a Zenfone 5 here that can do long exposures, but it also doesn’t support raw. The only problem is that its sensor is really bad, and the long exposure photos end up with a lot of black holes in the background

I usually only use it as a hand controller for my mount and take photos with the mi12 on the telescope. This way, I don’t need to switch apps while capturing to do goto etc

https://www.printables.com/model/515638-bigger-eye-pieces-telescope-to-phone-adapter-over-?lang=en

3-axis 3D Adapter
For anyone with a 3D printer still using basic plastic adapters, printing one of these could be a great upgrade. It’s likely much better than the simple ones

[formal notch]

Yeah really. Thats why i only do it on thw smartphones that i dont use

[spice gale]

@iron bear im sure you own quite some eyepieces, do you recommend any middle power eyepueces good for phone ap and visual?

[zealous edge]

I know he uses a really nice flat field eyepiece from SVBONY whose name escapes me atm

[undone dagger]

Yo guys

Do I try with the pleiades this time?

I got my focus good

[spice gale]

lemme search

also no more then 100$

aint that rich heh

i just realised something, i already have a flatfield eyepiece

lacerta 25mm 65°

[vernal tide]

Jupiter today, 187x magnification. Google Pixel 6 + 12" dob. Horrible seeing conditions

[cosmic tendon]

When is it phone astrophotography and when is it “I don’t own an Astro cam and use my phone instead”-photography?

[spice gale]

love the colors

Lucas is first one and the majority is 2nd

[zealous edge]

I feel like most people here who do phone Astro would prefer using a dedicated astronomy camera, we just don't have the money or the technology for it. You'd need a computer as well, in order to manage the astronomy camera.

It's all a money thing

[lean magnet]

that is exactly what i did

i only used phone until i could buy a uranus c

i still use the phone for widefield

but the stars are terrible

[zealous edge]

Honestly for me it might come to the point that I continue doing phone astro simply out of spite

like, just to make a point that it can be done well

[iron bear]

I use an 18mm Ultraflatfield from SVBONY. There are identical models from APM, Sky Rover, and Celestron, but the SVBONY version is usually cheaper. Below that, there’s the 20mm 68-degree also from SVBONY, which is decent despite not having a flat field

18mm UFF X 20mm 68

There’s a big difference in noise because I used my Mi12 with the 18mm and my Mi9T with the 20mm. But it works for star comparison.

Note: There was a full moon on the left, and 50% moon on the right.

[proper totem]

i got about 8 minutes gonna stack later

30 second exposure with iphone 16 pro in bortle 3/4 ish

i did 10 second subs cuz the 30 second were trailing due to wind

i can already see rosette in this which is cool

[sullen parrot]

How do you get the milky way so pronounced?

I've been trying to the get the milky way in Bortle 4 skies, for an exposure time of about 51 minutes

But still it's not visible.

Is the difference of 1 Bortle Class really that big?

Anyways amazing photos

[proper totem]

sorry actually it was like a high bortle 3 i think

don’t really know though

[proper totem]

honestly idk it’s just probably darker skies you may be in a lighter sky than you think you are

[floral token]

you can get easliy way good result under 10 min

bortle 4 is not that bad

make sure of your iso, exposure and focus

[sullen parrot]

I tried the delay option right now, and unfortunately it applies the delay after the first frame has been taken, not before it. I don't know of any remote triggers that can be used with a phone, (if there are please tell me), so the only option left with me is the extra frame route.
And I don't understand how that'll be a problem, since I don't think most people would attempt stacking on the phone itself, and you could rename the frames itself.

If I made any errors in the message, I would love to correct them.

[sullen parrot]

I guess my skies aren't bortle 4 then, or maybe my processing skills are just bad 😭

[sullen parrot]

I set ISO to 400, and the exposure to about 17 seconds, and the focus I have preset.

[floral token]

okay, do 800. and is there light dome near your place. like bright sky glow concentrated?

also lower the exposure if you see stars trailing

[sullen parrot]

17 seconds is the sweet spot that I found that gives me almost no trails