Could someone please help me?

[kelly324]

Hi!

I’ve often made posts on this forum asking for help, and each time I have been met with great kindness.

I’m still new to this hobby and am finding my way around the night sky, so sometimes I need help with naming the stars, planets, clusters etc that I have captured.

Anyway, I was able to capture these two images tonight with my Iphone 13 pro, and after messing around with the settings existing on the phone, I was amazed with the images.

I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to tell me if I have captured anything particularly interesting, or just anything really.

I’ve attached the before and after to both photos, and the difference editing makes is astonishing.

Thank you so much for your help!

Picture 1:

Before:

After:

 

Picture 2:

Before

After:

TLDR: Please could someone label these pictures for me? It would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

[carastro]

The top asterism is Ursa Major (The Plough).  The two [pairs of dots are the feet of the Great Bear.  

[Knighty2112]

Looks like you got Ursa Major area mostly in your images.

[andrew s]

I think you should get yourself a planesphere, a beginner's star atlas or the maps from an astronomy magazin or a similar app based map.  That way you can identify them yourself and begin to learn your way a round the sky.

Regards Andrew 

[StarDuke82]

I have a 13 pro also I don’t know if you used the night setting or not but it has one and it automatically adjusts the exposure allowing more light in for some amazing night shots that show the stars, I was amazed when I took photos of the lunar eclipse last year, looks like you captured ursa major, good job it’s not easy taking Star shots you either need a very steady hand or a tripod to keep the camera still.

[Stu]

27 minutes ago, kelly324 said:

Hi!

I’ve often made posts on this forum asking for help, and each time I have been met with great kindness.

I’m still new to this hobby and am finding my way around the night sky, so sometimes I need help with naming the stars, planets, clusters etc that I have captured.

Anyway, I was able to capture these two images tonight with my Iphone 13 pro, and after messing around with the settings existing on the phone, I was amazed with the images.

I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to tell me if I have captured anything particularly interesting, or just anything really.

I’ve attached the before and after to both photos, and the difference editing makes is astonishing.

Thank you so much for your help!

Picture 1:

Before:

After:

 

Picture 2:

Before

After:

TLDR: Please could someone label these pictures for me? It would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

I ran your second image through nova.astrometry.net and it generated this:

https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/7783249#annotated

[Louis D]

The trick to getting decent night shots is to prevent the camera from trying to render black (or near black) as 18% gray (the logarithmic midpoint between white and black).  To do this, go into the exposure compensation settings of the phone and dial back the exposure into the negative side (under exposure).  Try several settings to see which works best for your camera and sky conditions.

[StarDuke82]

1 hour ago, Louis D said:

The trick to getting decent night shots is to prevent the camera from trying to render black (or near black) as 18% gray (the logarithmic midpoint between white and black).  To do this, go into the exposure compensation settings of the phone and dial back the exposure into the negative side (under exposure).  Try several settings to see which works best for your camera and sky conditions.

True but with the iPhone 13 Pro and later IPhones the Cameras have an optional on/off night mode that takes a time lapsed long exposure that can be timed as long as 10 seconds I believe (I would have to double check) that allows for excellent night shots that render the night sky anywhere from deep blue to a gray blue depending upon how long the exposure setting runs and you don’t get the blackout, greyout effect that is usual. 

[iapa]

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211306

Explains how to use night moode