Pixel 7a plus UHC filter

[kev100]

Shot at the weekend, Orion, with the Rosette nebula, and a faint Barnard's loop

 

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[PeterStudz]

Nice idea! Im going to give this a go with my iPhone. I can use my trusty smartphone adapter for eyepieces to hold the filter. Holds it well and dead centre without fiddling. And of course there’s a thread to attach it to tripods. You can get these off the likes of EBay for less than £10.

 

[kev100]

Thanks Peter, I'll have a look for the holder. In the meantime, here's a quick process (red channel pushed and inverted). You can see the molecular cloud around Meissa!

 

[Stu]

23 minutes ago, kev100 said:

Thanks Peter, I'll have a look for the holder. In the meantime, here's a quick process (red channel pushed and inverted). You can see the molecular cloud around Meissa!

 

Wow, that’s impressive 👍

[kev100]

1 hour ago, Stu said:

Wow, that’s impressive 👍

I was gobmacked 🤣

[PeterStudz]

It is impressive. And if you’ve already got a UHC filter etc worth experimenting with. Although I might struggle from my Bortle 7 garden.

The adapter I’ve got is very similar to this. Although there are so many copies about it probably isn’t the exact same one. I bought it a few years ago now and I can’t remember exactly where.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145307233381?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=xwdw2abprfk&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=I8jCpZsmREe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[doublevodka]

I'm a massive fan of night mode on the Pixel phones, my profile picture was on a particularly lucky night in my back garden on night mode with the auto-generated preview video.

[kev100]

24 minutes ago, PeterStudz said:

It is impressive. And if you’ve already got a UHC filter etc worth experimenting with. Although I might struggle from my Bortle 7 garden.

The adapter I’ve got is very similar to this. Although there are so many copies about it probably isn’t the exact same one. I bought it a few years ago now and I can’t remember exactly where.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145307233381?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=xwdw2abprfk&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=I8jCpZsmREe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Better than my home made affair ...

[Kon]

3 hours ago, kev100 said:

Thanks Peter, I'll have a look for the holder. In the meantime, here's a quick process (red channel pushed and inverted). You can see the molecular cloud around Meissa!

 

 

That is impressive for a mobile. I wonder if you shoot at darker site you can get more out of it. I might give it a go with my Pixel 4a and my Hbeta filter (I do not have a UHC).; I am not sure my OIII will be of any use for the area.

[kev100]

I managed to get the veil, California and North America nebs, plus the helix so far from the class 4 site I use. From a true dark site it would be a whole different story ...

[PeterStudz]

I’m sure a dark site would make all the difference. My 12 yr old daughter took this at a Bortle 2 location using an iPhone (no astromode stuff). There is a lot in there too! A bit more effort plus a filter would be interesting. But one of the nice things with modern mobile phones is that you don’t, or shouldn’t, require a lot of knowledge or faffing about with “stuff” and it’s literally child’s play. 

PS - I should do a little write up on this picture. 

[jjohnson3803]

Wow.  Very impressive!

Since I have a couple UHCs and a holder like Peter's. I'm going to have to give that a try.  I am in Bortle 7-8 though, so I'm not expecting too much.

 

 

[Earl]

Id like to try this on my Pixel 7 Pro, problem is the lens block.

 

[kev100]

Do you have a case for it?