First Attempt

[PaulJD]

Hi All,

New to the forum and new to astrophotography. I've had my scope for a while now but only recently started to attempt taking some photos. This was taken as a short video clip on an iPhone mounted to the eyepiece of my Skywatcher Skymax 102 Mak, processed in PIPP then stacked the best 300 frames in Registax. I'm quite pleased with the results but am sure there is room for improvement as I am still very much learning how to use the software by trial and error. I also have a spc900nc webcam but haven't had much success with that yet - still got a lot to learn!

Paul

[xtreemchaos]

wow that's a cracking first shot mate, you would of thought you had been doing moon shots for years. well done, I look forwards to seeing your next images. charl.

[laudropb]

That is really very impressive first Lunar image.

[Astro Imp]

That's a great start to your imaging career, well done.

BTW welcome to the forum.

[Ouroboros]

I'd be pleased with that now let alone as a first image. Nice and sharp and nicely framed. 

[PaulJD]

Thanks for all the kind comments guys, it's much appreciated! I tried to get some images with the webcam first but the results were not very good, the field of view was too small and they were not very sharp so I decided to try with the iPhone mounted on a 20mm eyepiece and got this. I imagine there was a lot of beginners luck involved but I'm happy with the result!

I'm hoping it is clear on Sunday as I'd like to try and get a picture of the Moon and Jupiter together if I can get a wide enough field of view.

Paul

[nightfisher]

Of to a great start with a decent image, and a decent scope

[cotterless45]

Very impressive image , well done !

old Nick.

[wookie1965]

Great image what adapter did you use I am after another one I have tried several with limited results. 

[Paul73]

I might have to get me a Mak.....

Getrat start.

Paul

[Alien 13]

Cracking first image, the 102 mm Mak is a scope that keeps on giving.

Alan

[PaulJD]

15 minutes ago, wookie1965 said:

Great image what adapter did you use I am after another one I have tried several with limited results. 

It is just a cheap Chinese one I got from eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Telescope-Cell-Phone-Adapter-Mobile-Mounts-Universal-Spotting-Scope-Binocular-/222045748916?hash=item33b2f53eb4:g:7QQAAOSwxp9W3TwO

Can't say I would recommend it though, it is quite fiddly and doesn't attach to the eyepiece very securely - it actually fell off once (luckily no damage!) so I think I will be looking for something better soon.

[wookie1965]

11 minutes ago, PaulJD said:

It is just a cheap Chinese one I got from eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Telescope-Cell-Phone-Adapter-Mobile-Mounts-Universal-Spotting-Scope-Binocular-/222045748916?hash=item33b2f53eb4:g:7QQAAOSwxp9W3TwO

Can't say I would recommend it though, it is quite fiddly and doesn't attach to the eyepiece very securely - it actually fell off once (luckily no damage!) so I think I will be looking for something better soon.

Yes had one of those I wasn't so lucky cracked my screen I have had one of these,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/24-49mm-Metal-Universal-Cell-Phone-Mount-Adapter-for-Spotting-Scope-Telescope-/182404462566?var=&hash=item2a782737e6:m:m_oFEogkzRnn6a75xYOWVDw    and this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Cell-Phone-Adapter-Connect-Mobile-to-Astronomical-Telescope-/261816149350?hash=item3cf5756566:g:J1EAAOSwpDdVCUKb I have one of these but use an elastic band just to make sure phone does not fall out but positioning is tricky https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/?iid=132159082094&&&adgroupid=39910041817&rlsatarget=pla-298908665979&abcId=1088896&adtype=pla&merchantid=110421908&poi=&googleloc=9046510&device=c&campaignid=805055692&crdt=0&chn=ps I begrudge paying £70/80 for one. These dont look to bad I may try on of these.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Cell-Phone-Adapter-Mount-Binocular-Spotting-Scope-Telescope-Bracket-/122421764996?hash=item1c80e7e384:g:htcAAOSwSlBY3K76

[des anderson]

That`s a great image, well done. Des

[johnfosteruk]

That's a cracker, nice start

 

[baggywrinkle]

Very nice, amazing what iPhones can do.