Orion

Hope this low effort post is accepted, I just wanted to share my first image when I started.

There was no telescope or tracker used, just a smartphone leaned against my wallet.

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Cool, I’ve never been able to resolve the lines between stars myself.
- Very special diffraction lens used…
- I love it when the meteors hit just right.
I take it there was heavy editing after the initial capture - not least because of the constellation lines.
- Yes, I used Siril for stacking/ stretching, Starnett++ for star removal (to edit the glimpse of orion nebula a little better), GraXpert for gradient and noise, and BlurXTerminator for deconvolution. Final editing was done in Photoshop.
  
  So heavy editing indeed..
  
  At this point… low effort?
Could you edit your equipment out of your title?

Also any and all astro photos are allowed here, regardless of how “low effort” they are (as long as they follow the couple rules on the sidebar. I don’t want there to be any kind of arbitrary minimum quality standard to prevent people from posting their space photos on here.
Damn bruh, this is a tremendous shot with just an iPhone. Orion is truly spectacular. Note, the 2nd “star” in his sword is actually the Orion Nebula. Fucking 10/10.
Is that his sword hanging down between his legs?
- Not sure if lewd joke or not, the answer is yes. And that fuzzy “star” in the center of his sword is the Orion Nebula, visible to the naked eye in dark skies. OP took a fucking amazing photo.
  
  Yes, this photo is absolutely stellar!
Well done! It never crossed my mind to take multiple subs on my phone. Thanks for planting that idea in my head.
- Thanks!

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