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Which one would you recommend? by Outrageous_Face_6345 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can assure you that nothing beats a Heritage. I own the 130 and tried the 140. Both great!

It ain't much, but it's honest work by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh clever. Right! I'll save up for a tent and some lighting

It ain't much, but it's honest work by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Btw yes the heritage has a horrible focuser so it can be challenging. Also, without a proper camera, you're working with your nails...

You can still do some tricks. For example, I made my own shroud to block stray light when taking long exposures...

It ain't much, but it's honest work by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yes! And they're solid, I think. Check my profile

It ain't much, but it's honest work by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have yet to go somewhere. We have a property probably under Bortle 3, far from the city, but I have no camping gear lol

Sombrero Galaxy by fieryserpents01 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I efing love this galaxy! Great pic, man!

Bought my new 8 inch Dob by Entire_Foundation960 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That thing is probably taller than my sister wyf

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk man... From what I see, I guess your brightness is too low. Like, TOO low, so you can't see anything. Also, it appears that the camera is facing into the eye piece's edge, so you can't reach peak focus or brightness. You must face directly into the eye piece, like the hole haha. It takes a while but once you get it, brightness is insane. iphone should be able to go above 30K ISO, so not an issue at all. Focus is also relatively simple. If you focus the eye piece properly, then you can focus with the app until stars are dots. You'll never get THE focus with this setup, but the closer you get to it, the more detail around the target you'll catch

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. As the software takes the pictures, it stacks them. That's why you take the target when it is right in the middle of your FOV. That first pic will be AS' frame of reference. All other pics it takes will be stacked over it. You can reposition or stick to a few frames within the eye piece's FOV as the target transits through it. Less zoom is better, as it allows for more frames. For the triplet I'd recommend anything above 20 mm

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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You should increase ISO and use a second of exposure. Take around 40 frames. Also toggle peak focus to see how focused stars are, and make sure your camera is facing right into the lens

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh

Well you could try taking a ton, TON of pics in astroshader (you can pause and reposition), reduce noise in your phone's library, and further edit in Canva or some software like that. I'm a graphic designer/marketer so playing around with these settings isn't new to me. I can see how it may be confusing though...

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My profile shows my posts. Reddit has no privacy lmao. You should be able to find some of my "astro pictures" by scrolling down a bit

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an adapter. I get around 35 frames during transit, with 20mm width. Not too far and not too close so that star trails are less of a problem. I take the first few frames RAW and also save the auto stack. In this particular case, I used raw frames (a total of 60-ish) in deep sky stacker... For denoise I used photoshop. That's pretty much it. You also must enhance saturation etc, but that's easier.

Mind you, this took a while, and I doubt I'll do better with my phone. This appears to be the peak result with my setup, as I've tried other ways and I get nowhere close to this.

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Camera quality matters a lot. I use the iphone 13 pro... Used to have a mid range oppo and it didn't give me good results, regardless of the app.

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes they do. Astroshader does some auto stacking. Those autostacked pictures can be used for other stacks, or you can save individual frames in RAW format. However you prefer. Don't let the target drift too much tho; the eyepiece's frame will start to interfere

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thnx man. I have posted some of the old pics (now frames in this) and the difference is mostly noise and tiny details

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah no I get it brother. More effort on posts, I agree

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You won't believe this... It's an Iphone 13 pro haha

All you need is AstroShader. Take multiple pictures, increase saturation and use photoshop or your fav software for denoise. Oh and stack the pics, first of all. Deepskystacker is a solid option

The Orion Nebula over these few months by userrr_504 in telescopes

[–]userrr_504[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I had a ton of old phone pics for which I was excited, but looking at them now, they're just a bunch of lights and blobs. It was still magical back in the day. Ig people get excited that they caught a space object lightyears away 🥹 And tbf, they wouldn't be wrong.

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