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1 hour ago, DAT said:

Great picture! Out of interest, is the  blue on the contour of the right side visible through the eyepiece as well or just in the picture?

I see that through some eyepieces but not others and wandering if it can be eliminated

To be totally honest I couldn't tell you. It might have been but I didn't notice I was too busy trying to take a snap. Sorry 😔.

Image of the Supermoon through heritage 130p using a Google Pixel 8a

Cheers for the advice. I will keep trying.

Taken again using the heritage 130p but with the 10mm and the phone mount already attached so when switching between eyepieces I didn't move the telescope. Think this is better slightly as I lowered the exposure as advised. I also took a few small vids to try stacking to get a better image. Can't find an app that's free that seems to help though. Any ideas?. Cheers in advance.

Amazing. Whereabouts was this taken?

Cheers guys some ideas to think about here.

Thanks for the assistance 

Probably just planets to start with.

Hi all. I have a heritage 130p and would like to try astrophotography so I'm asking what's the cheapest mount, tripod I'd need to try some photos. I have a phone mount at the Mo and am struggling to use it for any decent shots. The moon is easy but I really couldn't get a good shot of Saturn last week even though it was clear as anything in the eyepiece. Wanting a cheap alternative just in case astrophotography isn't for me.

Early morning phone pic of Jupiter and Mars taken out of the fire escape at work on a nightshift. I was surprised at how bright they both were and just wish I had my telescope with me.

These are amazing. Great work.

1 hour ago, PeterStudz said:

Good job… not easy handheld so you made it even more difficult! And thanks for posting. There should be more of this.

If you get atmospheric dispersion it can be reduced, sometimes removed altogether, by editing in a smartphone app. I find Lightroom quite good for this and it has a simple, intuitive interface. 

For handheld it’s going to be near impossible to adjust exposure. Mind, I’ll often take a few pictures/videos with different exposures and see what works best when I get back inside.

What phone holder/adapter and eyepiece(s) do you use? I have something that cost me £9.99, is very light, fits BST StarGuiders like a glove and doesn’t require adjusting or fiddling & faffing once attached to the eyepiece. If I’m thinking of taking an image I’ll often have my phone attached to an eyepiece before I start. Then, all I need to do, is pop the eyepiece/holder/phone combination into the focuser and starting taking snaps. 

Same here it's just an Amazon phone mount. I was using a 6.3mm eyepiece. Think I'll do that next already have it fitted make it easier on myself 

41 minutes ago, Bruce Leeroy said:

Great starter image there, I'd try a lower exposure...make it barely visible on your phone screen.

When capturing the image?

32 minutes ago, CraigT82 said:

Yup can definitely tell it’s Saturn though, nice one. Interestingly still quite a bit of atmospheric dispersion at its current altitude as you can see from the red fringe on the top and blue fringe on the bottom

Thanks, I hadn't noticed the colours until you pointed it out.

Waited ages for Saturn to rise above the roof of the house behind my garden so I could get a glimpse. Wonderful clear viewing night and had it crisp through my 6.3mm eyepiece. Decided to get a pic but as it was pitch black I couldn't get my phone lined up correctly in my phone mount so just took a handheld pic at the eyepiece. Used a vid to pic app to snap a screenshot then edited the blur slightly on my phone. I know I can get better with practice but still happy with this.

Love the image you took. I have only managed the moon really so far on my dob and phone.

I was using my skywatcher heritage 130p and at first my 32mm to find it then swapped to 10mm. I didn't see anything like that it was just like an orange star. Tiny. I might have been wrong then.

Well I was waiting for Saturn for the 1st time but cloud came in just before it was to come into view so changed tactics and found NGC 7000 the American nebula. Found using stellarrium. Looked like a star but was giving off an orangey glow. Then cloud spoiled my view. Nice to see something new.

Wow, just amazing 👍

Just managed to observe M3 with my heritage 130p. Very faint I may add but definitely M3. Found with 32mm then 25mm but couldn't quite get it with 10mm. Still ticked off though 👌

Cheers. Nice to get feedback.

Taken with Xiaomi mi 11 using a phone mount and my heritage 130p through the 25mm eyepiece. How did I do?

1 hour ago, stephec said:

One of the car parks at Rivington is highlighted on the Go Stargazing website, handy if you want to do a bit of [removed word] at the same time. 😂

Ha ha ha. I know what the removed word is. That's the other carpark mate. The one they had to put a steel gate across 😂

A copy of Turn Left At Orion for £6 posted from eBay 👌

I think the Forrest of bowland is classed as dark skies. Thinking of heading there or rivington one time.