M27 Dumbbell Nebula

[Philip Terry]

I've tried to image this before, to no avail, but last night the imaging gods were on my side. This is a single shot, with minimal on-phone processing (I will stack and tweak more later, maybe). Amazing what these phones can do - even the pink/red shell is just coming tbrough. Meade LX200 8" SCT (circa 1992) plus Samsung Galaxy S10 in "Night mode" (about 20 s automated exposure).

[andrew s]

Impressive!  Well done. Regards Andrew 

[MarkAR]

Very impressive for a single shot.

[igorigs]

Well done! Was your scope guided?

[Philip Terry]

Yes, my phone was fixed at the eyepiece and the scope tracked via a Heq5-pro mount. I used to do untracked photos of the moon on an old alt-az mount, but this would be stretching it too much for DSO's. Eyepiece projection at x77.

[R26 oldtimer]

Very, very nice result!

[Paul M]

Well executed!

It amazes me what these phone cameras can do in poor light. 

They've already done away with dedicated point and shoot cameras for most casual users, maybe the fancy astro-camera manufacturers need to start worrying! 🤪