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On 25/02/2020 at 13:13, Mic2020 said:

Just waiting to see moon, it does not seem to be about these day 😂 

Fortunately, it follows a rather predictable cycle. 

But in all seriousness, congrats on your first planet. I recently viewed Venus while volunteering at a star party. I used my 13% transmission moon filter and it turned Venus from something that looked like an overexposed camera phone image into something where you could clearly discern the phase.

5 hours ago, SIDO said:

Observing or Imaging without a tracking mount...

Oh, that makes sense. haha. I call it the annoying method.

By the way, I actually have no idea what the drift method is.

Thanks. That's amazing.

I'm only using a cellphone and don't have a tracking mount, but I still feel like maybe I can squeeze more out of the setup if I knew what I was doing.

For example, my profile picture was taken during the lunar eclipse with the same camera and turned out pretty well:

But I tried to image the Orion nebula and was too ashamed of the result to share it, until now:

I realize the moon is low hanging fruit, but I feel like I should be able to get better nebula pictures.

I'm taking baby steps toward getting better images. After a very poor attempt in May (which was too embarrassing to share here), I figured Jupiter's opposition would give me a nice opportunity for a do-over. Are there any filters that will help bring out richer colors? Also, I just noticed how bad these look when enlarged. How do I post them in a smaller size?

Equipment: 8" f/5.9 reflector, 6mm Celestron Omni Plössl eyepiece, Samsung Galaxy S7 camera

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