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Astrophotography

Updated: 25 May 2022

I have been doing iPhone astrophotography since the beginning of time (which began after I got my first iPhone in 2007). After seeing what the iPhone 5s could do with the iOS app "NightCap Pro" (now called as "NightCap Camera"), I created this iPhone Astrophotography Album to showcase some of my images. There are other iPhone images in my other Photo albums. Also, see my Messier Catalog iPhone Astrophotography album. Click a thumbnail to see a larger version.

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Mercury
31 May 2013
Camera app
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF afocal 666X
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Sun-Tiangong-1 Transit sequence
25 September 2013
Camera app
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X
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Crater Copernicus
13 October 2013
Camera app
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 222X



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Venus
31 December 2013
Camera app
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 444X
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Mars
2 May 2014
Camera app
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 666X
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Sagittarius & Milky Way
13 October 2014
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s



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Perseus & M45 Pleiades
14 October 2014
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s
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Cassiopeia
22 October 2014
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s
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Partial Solar Eclipse in H-Alpha
23 October 2014
Camera app
iPhone 5s PST Afocal 27X



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M57 Ring Nebula
7 July 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X
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Double Cluster
29 September 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 48X
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M13 Globular Cluster in Hercules
22 November 2014
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X



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M27 Dumbbell Nebula
7 July 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X
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M11 Wild Duck Cluster
4 August 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X
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M42 Orion Nebula
23 December 2014
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X



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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy (animated)
27 December 2014
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X
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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy
14 January 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 48X
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Zodiacal Light
7 February 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s



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Orion
8 February 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s
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Zodiacal Light
9 February 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s
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Orion
13 February 2015
NightCap Pro LT/LB 10 minutes
iPhone 5s piggyback



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Cassiopeia
17 February 2015
NightCap Pro LE/LB 5 minutes
iPhone 5s piggyback
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M31 Andromeda Galaxy
17 February 2015
NightCap Pro LE/LB 5 minutes
iPhone 5s piggyback
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M42 Orion Nebula
6 March 2015
NightCap Pro
(LE, LB, 3 2 minute exposures stacked)
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X



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M45 Pleiades
8 March 2015
NightCap Pro
(LE, LB, 5 2 minute exposures stacked)
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 48X
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NGC2024 Flame Nebula
8 March 2015
NightCap Pro
(LE, LB, 5 2 minute exposures stacked)
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 48X
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M1 Crab Nebula
8 March 2015
NightCap Pro
(LE, LB, 3 2 minute exposures stacked)
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 48X



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Orion, Canis Major, Canopus
23 March 2015
NightCap Pro
(LE, LB, 1/2sec exposure)
iPhone 5s
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
23 March 2015
NightCap Pro
(LE, LB, 2 minute exposure)
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X
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Occultation of 63 Tau
24 March 2015
Camera app
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 83X



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Star Trails, Satellites, Airplanes
16 April 2015
NightCap Pro
LT, LB, 1 hour exposure
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Omega Centauri globular cluster
18 June 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X
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M22 Globular Cluster
7 July 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X



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M17 Swan Nebula
8 July 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X
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Dwarf Planet Ceres
6 September 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X
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Neptune
13 October 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X



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NGC7662 Blue Snowball
13 October 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X
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Uranus Moons
13 October 2015
NightCap Pro
iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X
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