Current Events > Got a nice snapshot of the Orion Nebula through my telescope

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://imgur.com/mTmq9TR

I need an actual iPhone mount to keep things steady but it didnt turn out too terrible

also need to get a Barlow lens to double the magnification

its been cloudy lately so its nice to have clear skies

anyone else rock a telescope?

nerd

Reis posted...

nerd

:(

but it's pretty cool!

Romes187 posted...

https://imgur.com/mTmq9TR

The universe should really get that mole looked at.

Nice,when I move soon I'm going to clean my lenses.In the country I will be able to actually use it.I want a new telescope that I can dial in digitally and take snapshots.

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Nice.

Looks like the background in Chrome Gadget.

https://youtu.be/BybffkqYOVI

modena posted...

Nice,when I move soon I'm going to clean my lenses.In the country I will be able to actually use it.I want a new telescope that I can dial in digitally and take snapshots.

nice! I have a 5.1 inch refractor so it picks up a decent amount of light. Its manual though because Im trying to learn the sky but the digital ones that find shit automatically are cool.

few months until Jupiter and Saturn are out and about at a time Ill be awake so itll be fun to see those. Apparently with a better lens Ill be able to see cloud bands and the red spot on Jupiter.

my daughter is obsessed with planets so hopefully I get a good pic of those

Oh and in case anyone wants to feel really small...you just dont notice the size of these things when theyre so far away.

https://youtu.be/i93Z7zljQ7I

You need more pixel resolution in that photo.

Did you just upload a down-sampled jpg, or is that the original?

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Romes187 posted...

nice! I have a 5.1 inch refractor so it picks up a decent amount of light. Its manual though because Im trying to learn the sky but the digital ones that find shit automatically are cool.

few months until Jupiter and Saturn are out and about at a time Ill be awake so itll be fun to see those. Apparently with a better lens Ill be able to see cloud bands and the red spot on Jupiter.

my daughter is obsessed with planets so hopefully I get a good pic of those

Thats very cool,yeah start a thread after you get some.

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Romes187 posted...

https://youtu.be/i93Z7zljQ7I

Carl Sagan did it better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g

is there some app you need to use to take nebula photos? wouldn't think a regular phone camera would be sensitive enough.

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KamenRiderBlade posted...

You need more pixel resolution in that photo.

Did you just upload a down-sampled jpg, or is that the original?

I just snapped this with my phone, did a bit of filtering to make it pop a little more, and uploaded. It was an iPhone.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Carl Sagan did it better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g

Carl Sagan did a lot of things better my friend

monkmith posted...

is there some app you need to use to take nebula photos? wouldn't think a regular phone camera would be sensitive enough.

Im trying an app called nightcap which has a star mode on it. Eventually I wanna get a nice dslr camera and do it for real but iPhone will have to do until I get the $$

Thats pretty amazing, do you have to live in a rural area to even get this image?

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Romes187 posted...

Im trying an app called nightcap which has a star mode on it. Eventually I wanna get a nice dslr camera and do it for real but iPhone will have to do until I get the $$

huh, is it multi exposure? might explain the kind of streaked effect going on.

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twitterfriends posted...

Thats pretty amazing, do you have to live in a rural area to even get this image?

no Im actually in a very populated city in my backyard.

just had a nice clear night out and the moon isnt out which makes it much better. The moon kills a lot of what you can see.

monkmith posted...

huh, is it multi exposure? might explain the kind of streaked effect going on.

yes it does have a longer exposure time. You can also do star trails with it but its a cheap app

i really need to invest in a phone mount for my scope as itll likely get rid of some noise...you have to hold it super still to get the image through the 10mm lens and the field of view is very small

Romes187 posted...

I just snapped this with my phone, did a bit of filtering to make it pop a little more, and uploaded. It was an iPhone.

What settings are you using with your iPhone camera app, which iPhone model are you using?

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Heres a legit image from someone worth much better gear

https://images.app.goo.gl/2Af7dsqHazqQK1oB9

KamenRiderBlade posted...

What settings are you using with your iPhone camera app, which iPhone model are you using?

iphone 10. I used the apps star mode. Lengthens exposure a bit and gets rid of some grainy look

I've got a shitty small one that me and my kiddo look at the moon with.

I'd like to get a bigger one eventually because she is fascinated by the stars.

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MrKapowski posted...

I've got a shitty small one that me and my kiddo look at the moon with.

I'd like to get a bigger one eventually because she is fascinated by the stars.

$300 will get you what I have so its not a huge investment.

I think you need to use the full Pixel Resolution of your Camera.

I know your camera is more than capable of putting out far more pixels per shot.

You have a 12 MP camera, the image that you uploaded felt WAY below 12 MP.

Almost like it was Down-Sampled.

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KamenRiderBlade posted...

I think you need to use the full Pixel Resolution of your Camera.

I know your camera is more than capable of putting out far more pixels per shot.

You have a 12 MP camera, the image that you uploaded felt WAY below 12 MP.

Almost like it was Down-Sampled.

yeah it might be because I was holding it with my hands and trying to point it through the lens in the dark...with a 10mm lens the field of view is really small and you have to have it juuuuust right to get anything.

the shakiness is no good for longer exposure times Id imagine

Oh and I cropped that one to get rid of some empty space so maybe thats it?

I took one random image, and it's 5.06 MB jpeg from a 21 MP sensor.

You have a 12 MP sensor.

Yet the image you uploaded was only 114 KB

Something is really off there.

Your average JPG file size should be at least ~2.5 - 3.x MB jpeg

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KamenRiderBlade posted...

I took one random image, and it's 5.06 MB jpeg from a 21 MP sensor.

You have a 12 MP sensor.

Yet the image you uploaded was only 114 KB

Something is really off there.

Your average JPG file size should be at least ~2.5 - 3.x MB jpeg

hmm yeah I dunno. I just pressed the button and thats what came out!

Romes187 posted...

hmm yeah I dunno. I just pressed the button and thats what came out!

Why do I have a feeling that your app isn't giving you the true image and giving you a crappy "Down-Sampled" preview image to work with

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Tfw you look at over 1300 years in the past.

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It could be. The app only cost like $2.99 so i wasnt expecting a lot

when I get my mount Ill try both to compare

https://imgur.com/5QRwmqF

theres Arcturus. Imgur said it was only 400ish kb

archedsoul posted...

Tfw you look at over 1300 years in the past.

isnt it cool? those photons came all that way only to end up shooting through my scope and into my eye

Romes187 posted...

isnt it cool? those photons came all that way only to end up shooting through my scope and into my eye

Definitely. You think you can eventually catch Andromeda? I've seen it before. It's absolutely surreal that I was looking at an image from 2.5 million years ago. When humans weren't even humans.

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Have you tried using the stock camera app that comes with your iphone?

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archedsoul posted...

Definitely. You think you can eventually catch Andromeda? I've seen it before. It's absolutely surreal that I was looking at an image from 2.5 million years ago. When humans weren't even humans.

Ill definitely try. right now its not at the best position for me and my backyard really only has a good view south. My house blocks the north. Thatll be something I try to find when I get it to the desert

KamenRiderBlade posted...

Have you tried using the stock camera app that comes with your iphone?

Yeah a few days ago- not a big difference. Im probably just doing something wrong

Got some good views of Venus tonight. Its at the phase where its half black half bright af

tried pictures again but it isnt very easy to get a good view of.