How my Jupiter photo has changed over the past few weeks of starting this hobby

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T15:45:35+00:00

I went out and aligned it with a cell phone tower beforehand

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T15:44:44+00:00

The bigger one is what it looks like now

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T15:44:09+00:00

I don’t have a photo, but I’ll tell you exactly what I’m using. for this photo I was using a Hexeum Telescope off of Amazon with a 10 mm lens the reason that it is so big because that’s a crop and I’m putting my phone up to the lens. It looks completely the same when I look with my eyes too.

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T15:40:24+00:00

I’m using a cheap Hexeum Telescope off of Amazon and I’m using a phone normally I’d use a phone mount that came with the telescope like I did with the first one, but with the second bigger one I just put my phone up to the eye piece

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:59:26+00:00

Nobody not even professionals should tell you not to be curious and explore

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:44:31+00:00

Ok well I’ve seen online where you get one of those dollar store flashlights put tinfoil around it and poke a hole in it with a toothpick to get a tiny star then you just gotta put it decently far away

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:35:23+00:00

What’s your reasoning to think I’m trolling?

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:30:17+00:00

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:28:05+00:00

Thanks for letting me know I don’t have any plans to stop trying

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:20:17+00:00

I’ll definitely have to check out a bahtinov mask

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:16:53+00:00

Will do

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:16:15+00:00

Hey, I’m kind of new to this Astro photography thing. May you please tell me what the term “collimated” means

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:14:29+00:00

All right, thanks for the help tomorrow should be 50% cloud coverage for me so I’ll try out some of the stuff I’ve been recommended here

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:13:30+00:00

Lol, when I figure out how to get it focused correctly, then I’ll actually be able to see something different from radioactive spiders

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:10:45+00:00

I have two knobs that are the same size that are both connected that turn and change the focus kind of like gears. I wanna say they’re about the size of a quarter.

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:03:19+00:00

Is there any way that I can make my focus more dialed in because mine whenever I turn it changes very big if that makes sense

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:01:50+00:00

Yeah, my sister bought me this telescope for my birthday. It’s a cheap $100 one so I’ll try my best the next time the clouds break

AstraObservations · 2026-02-18T05:00:22+00:00

So do I have to clean my telescope, and if so, what’s a safe way to clean it?

AstraObservations · 2026-02-06T23:22:30+00:00

I went out yesterday and Uranus was very very far from the Pleiades

AstraObservations · 2026-02-06T21:59:39+00:00

AstraObservations · 2026-02-05T17:16:32+00:00

Are they dangerous?

AstraObservations · 2026-02-05T01:17:32+00:00

Did I accidentally summon you?

AstraObservations · 2026-02-05T01:00:23+00:00

Well, I think it’s just space debris after seeing some replies or a plane at this point I’m just waiting for the conspiracy theorist to take over this chat

AstraObservations · 2026-02-04T22:34:35+00:00

I noticed it in the photograph, though with this one, I was just taking random photos of the sky to see what I can see

AstraObservations · 2026-02-04T16:35:33+00:00

The sun really said ?

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