iPhone Moon - 20th May 2018

[Stu]

Nice but quick look at the moon tonight, normal pack drill of iPhone handheld to one channel of the binoviewers. Had the tripod down low and was sitting on the grass for this one, very civilised but a few gnat bites for my trouble!

Lovely phase against tonight. Messier and Messier A still showing well, plus plenty of action near the terminator. Need to have a look at some charts tomorrow to identify some of the details I saw.

First image is an example of unprocessed with poor seeing. Next two are lower power and higher power crop when the seeing was better. Nice detail coming through, I enjoyed Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharine, four peaks showing in Theophilus with a lovely shadow.

Packed up now, but good to get out.

[johnfosteruk]

Cracking shots Stu, very nicely done.

[wookie1965]

Nice shots Stu especially handheld.

[MarsG76]

iPhone???!?!??! Amazing...

 

[Stu]

8 minutes ago, MarsG76 said:

iPhone???!?!??! Amazing...

 

Thanks  yep, with a little help from a Tak  

Here’s a close crop, not sure how that will look but works ok on my phone

[MarsG76]

5 minutes ago, Stu said:

Thanks  yep, with a little help from a Tak  

Here’s a close crop, not sure how that will look but works ok on my phone

Thats almost looks like a CCD stack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOt bad... 

[MarsG76]

Mate, not bad at all.....

 

[Stu]

Thanks very much. I took plenty so I guess I could try stacking those if I knew what I was doing!!

[RayD]

Superb, Stu.  Incredible for a phone shot, Tak or no Tak.  Thanks for sharing, very inspirational.

[Stu]

Thanks Ray, much appreciated  

[LukeSkywatcher]

I'm off to buy an eye phone. 

Great pics, very sharp? 

[tooth_dr]

Stunning images Stu, as other say it's hard to believe they are taken on a 'phone'.

[Scooot]

Lovely images Stu, you’ve certainly become very accomplished with your phone. I don’t know how you manage to hold it in place so well, it’s a great skill.

[AstroPhil]

I've tried so often to use my iPhone, with little success - I can never hold it steady, in the right place, and at the proper angle. But here's a shot with my Panasonic Lumix, tonight.... also with a little help from the Tak!