No Posts in 2 Days? Here's a Picture!
No Posts in 2 Days? Here's a Picture!
Here's a picture I took of the Milky Way with my phone. My telescope rig is out of commission until I get my new (used) observatory up and running. I need to install the dome rotator, but I'm waiting on a part to arrive before I can finish.
This is all I've got for now. I took this last weekend with my Pixel phone in astrophotography mode.
If you want to see my older images, I have quite a few posted on Astrobin here: https://www.astrobin.com/users/BensAstroStuff/
What is the dashed line of at the bottom?
That's an airplane traveling though as the exposure was happening.
I was going to guess you caught a string of star link satellites
Very cool!
I wish he had less light pollution where I live.
Did not know the phones could do this! What’s your setup like? How long did the shutter need to be open for this?
I think this was ~4 minutes worth of exposure time. I took this with my Pixel phone and Google's astrophotography mode, which is part of the Night Sight setting. When the phone realizes it's completely still, like on a tripod, and it's looking at the sky, it gives you the option of taking pictures like this. It actually takes a lot of short exposures and stacks them. It's a very automated process, so there's not much tweaking to do. I do wish they gave the user more control.
The setup for this picture was just my Pixel 6 Pro on a tripod pointing up. :)
Can you get Google's astrophotography mode on non pixel devices?
I think so, but I'm not sure how. I think some other phones are compatible and will 'just work' with Google's camera app. Others need some configuration with 3rd party software. I've never done it.