iPhone astrophotography tonight. Moon, Jupiter and its moons, Saturn and Albireo. https://octodon.social/media/IEP8Qf0SxTnPqP1gON0 https://octodon.social/media/wI6sE0l5xg7N-7CgzJ8 https://octodon.social/media/PB2WRBhD5ssNpWxyHUE https://octodon.social/media/HpiSWkEwcJ14qqz-2vM
I took my camera out last night to grab a couple of pictures as well. I'll upload a couple later. No telescope, just my longest lens at the moment, but it's enough to resolve Jupiter as a fuzzy disk....
@ElectricMink the reality of our modern age is that even inexpensive camera optics are better than professional telescopes of even 175-200 years ago; and they discovered a lot with those optics.
Light pollution is a huge issue here - Jupiter barely resolves as a disk and none of its moons were visible. Moon details were okay but less sharp than I would like - some of that may be down to the fact I wasn't using a tripod, just free-handing it.
@ElectricMink light pollution is also a major issue here though I'm on he east side of the city and the sky isn't as bad to the east. A tripod always helps.