Best iPhone ISO and Exposure Settings for Moon Phases
This is a general guide to iPhone camera settings when taking pictures of the Moon. It covers recommended settings at each Moon phase.
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Astronomy, and Computer Technology
Equipment & Processing
This is your technical guide to the tools and techniques of astrophotography. From detailed reviews of telescopes, mounts, and cameras to step-by-step tutorials on image processing software, this category will help you choose the right gear and get the most out of your astronomical captures.
Replacing Dust Covers on My Dobsonian Telescope
After seven years, the dust covers on my Dobsonian telescope needed replacing. In this article, I explain what I did to procure new covers, and show the results.
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Take Incredible Moon Photos with a Telescope and Smartphone
Want to learn how to take stunning photographs of the Moon? This article is for you! Here is my step-by-step guide to image the Moon like I do.
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Sun/Moon Size Comparison in Winter (Northern Hemisphere)
After photographing both the Sun and Moon with the same equipment, I compared the images side-by-side. Is an eclipse possible?
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Making Sense of Jupiter’s Problems
See the first image in this post? You should notice two issues with it.
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Do you believe in the oversized Moon?
We’ve all seen them. The grand illuminated orb above the New York evening skyline.
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Imaging Jupiter – How Many Frames to Stack?
Planetary (as well as deep sky) imaging requires stacking multiple picture frames, either actual still images or the frames from a video.
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Equipment Obsession
A non-photographer taking pictures in a hobby he knows little about, and then writing about it all in a venue not his forte!
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Re-Imagining Orion
After I took my first true pictures of Orion early last week, while pleased with the results, I felt the images were still lacking.
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Four Nights, One Lamp, Four Phases
This format was unintentional at the start, but by Thursday I decided to trek along with the experiment as long as the clouds would stay away.
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