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I’d be interested in hearing about the equipment Tom White used to take these images. I know he used an iPhone 7, but which telescope, and how did he connect phone to telescope?
And I wonder if he would get significantly better results if he used an iPhone XS.
I am a sucker for a good moon shot.
[H/T Oliver Thomas]
Hey! I’ve been doing the same thing for just over a year with my telescope and iPhone. Here’s the Instagram account for my little astronomy project here in Montreal: https://www.instagram.com/plateau_astro/
All of those photos (except the ones with group shots) were taken with my iPhone 6s. I’m using a mid-range telescope, that goes for about $350 – $400 CAD:
https://www.amazon.ca/Orion-10014-SkyQuest-Dobsonian-Telescope/dp/B0000XMSNO
Then, I use this awesome adapter that’s designed for smartphones. It can be clipped onto telescopes, binoculars, or even microscopes: https://www.amazon.ca/Carson-Smartphone-Digiscoping-Binoculars-Microscopes/dp/B01LCHLDWS
Note that all the photos on the Instagram page are taken in the middle of Montréal, a very light-polluted city. Even then, you can see the rings of Saturn or the moons of Jupiter.
Hey! I’ve been doing the same thing for just over a year with my telescope and iPhone. Here’s the Instagram account for my little astronomy project here in Montreal: https://www.instagram.com/plateau_astro/
All of those photos (except the ones with group shots) were taken with my iPhone 6s. I’m using a mid-range telescope, that goes for about $350 – $400 CAD:
https://www.amazon.ca/Orion-10014-SkyQuest-Dobsonian-Telescope/dp/B0000XMSNO
Then, I use this awesome adapter that’s designed for smartphones. It can be clipped onto telescopes, binoculars, or even microscopes: https://www.amazon.ca/Carson-Smartphone-Digiscoping-Binoculars-Microscopes/dp/B01LCHLDWS
Note that all the photos on the Instagram page are taken in the middle of Montréal, a very light-polluted city. Even then, you can see the rings of Saturn or the moons of Jupiter.
Hey! I’ve been doing the same thing for just over a year with my telescope and iPhone. Here’s the Instagram account for my little astronomy project here in Montreal: https://www.instagram.com/plateau_astro/
All of those photos (except the ones with group shots) were taken with my iPhone 6s. I’m using a mid-range telescope, that goes for about $350 – $400 CAD:
https://www.amazon.ca/Orion-10014-SkyQuest-Dobsonian-Telescope/dp/B0000XMSNO
Then, I use this awesome adapter that’s designed for smartphones. It can be clipped onto telescopes, binoculars, or even microscopes: https://www.amazon.ca/Carson-Smartphone-Digiscoping-Binoculars-Microscopes/dp/B01LCHLDWS
Note that all the photos on the Instagram page are taken in the middle of Montréal, a very light-polluted city. Even then, you can see the rings of Saturn or the moons of Jupiter.
He listed the gear on Twitter in response to an enquiry:
1) A borrowed Celestron 6SE telescope and
2) an Altair Self Centering Smartphone Telescope Adapter.
It’s not too hard to just hold the phone in front of the telescope eye piece. I’ve been able to grab pretty nice lunar eclipse shots like that as well as a couple of photos of a Venus transit across the face of the sun (with solar filter on the telescope of course).