Handheld iPhone Astrophotography Moon & Planets
Posted: 11 January 2025
The sky was clear on Friday, 10 January 2025. With no rain or snow in the forecasts, I removed the Dome Cover.
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Open: Friday, 10 January 2025, 1820 MST Temperature: 52°F |
Session: 2061 Conditions: Clear |
Equipment:
12" f/8 LX600 w/StarLock
2" 24mm UWA eyepiece
2" 5.5mm 100° eyepiece
Camera:
iPhone 15 Pro Max
1824 MST: LX600 ON, StarLock OFF, High Precision OFF.
Viewed Venus, 102X.
I took this handheld iPhone 15 Pro Max afocal 102X image of Venus using NightCap Camera (ISO 5000, 1/400sec, 1X lens).
Viewed Venus, 443X. I then took this handheld iPhone afocal 443X image of Venus using NightCap Camera (ISO 64, 1/140sec, 1X lens) for comparison to the 102X image.
Viewed Saturn, 102X and 443X.
Then viewed Neptune, 102X and 443X. That was followed by Uranus, 102X and 443X.
Next, I viewed Jupiter, 102X. The four Galilean Moons were visible. I took this handheld iPhone 15 Pro Max afocal 102X image of Jupiter and the four moons using NightCap Camera (ISO 1600, 1/45sec, 1X lens).
Viewed Jupiter and the 4 moons, 443X. All four moons showed obvious disks.
Took this handheld iPhone afocal 443X image of Jupiter using NightCap Camera (ISO 1600, 1/60sec, 1X lens).
Viewed the waxing gibbous Moon, 102X. I then took this handheld iPhone afocal 102X image of the Moon using NightCap Camera (ISO 55, 1/2500sec, 1X lens).
1903 MST: Stepped outside of the observatory for this "Moon on Dome" handheld photo taken with the iPhone Camera app (Night Mode, 10 seconds, 1X lens).
Back in the observatory I did some lunar observing, 443X. I took this handheld iPhone afocal 443X image of the crater Gassendi using NightCap Camera (ISO 55, 1/120sec, 1X lens).
Lastly, I viewed Mars, 102X and 443X. The planet was too low in the eastern sky and over the house roof, so observing conditions were not good.
1919 MST: LX600 OFF.
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Close: Friday, 10 January 2025, 1927 MST Temperature: 42°F |
Session Length: 1h 07m Conditions: Clear |
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