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Smartphone Images

If you would like us to display some of your astronomy pictures please contact us.

A number of us are observers who like to capture what we see just quickly using smartphones. The latest technology means these devices have very sensitive sensors with high ISO capabilities and low noise. A selection of these images can be found here

12th February Mars & Uranus conjunction

The skies helpfully, and unexpectedly, cleared for this conjunction. I had a small 72mm refractor out looking at the moon, but then decided it was worth 'upgrading' to the 100mm for a slightly better view. Both planets are very small currently, Mars at 5.7 arc seconds and Uranus at 3.5 arc seconds. This image taken through a 24mm eyepiece to capture both in the same field of view does not show any real perceivable disk, but upping the power (I managed x296 with a 2.5mm eyepiece) showed even Uranus as a small greyish disk, no colour to my eye. The scene matched Skysafari's prediction exactly, albeit with the planets shown more brightly in the Skysafari view.
Screenshot from Skysafari showing the expected conjunction
Image taken through Tak FC-100 with 24mm eyepiece using Celestron NeXYZ and Samsung S9
Same image with labels!

31st January Venus, Moon & Jupiter conjunction

On the morning of 31st January 2019, Venus and Jupiter were joined in the Southern sky by a waning crescent Moon. Remarkably, the skies were clear on the 30th and 31st, so we had spectacular views at around 7am when the these bright objects contrasted against a beautiful blue sky.

The images below were captured with a Samsung S9 Smartphone, and processed a little to bring out the colour to be more realistic.                                                    
Image from 30th January with Moon to the left of Jupiter
31st January conjunction, left to right Venus, Moon and Jupiter
Close crop of conjunction

2015 Lunar Eclipse Images


Lunar Images

Moon image taken with Samsung S9 Smartphone through 100mm refractor
Close up crop of Moon
29% illuminated Moon, taken with Samsung S9 through Intes-Micro M715D 178mm f15 Maksutov
Close up of the crater Clavius at x278 magnification through a 7" Maksutov Scope. Taken with a handheld Samsung S9
Close up of the Apennine Mountains, with the crater Archimedes towards the top and Eratosthenes towards the bottom. Same setup as Clavius image
Lunar terminator including Gassendi crater, with Takahashi Mewlon 210 and Galaxy S9
Plato and the lunar terminator, with Tak Mewlon 210 and Samsung S9
Schroter's Valley
Schroter's Valley crop
Schroter's Valley close crop

Deep Sky (DSO) Images

M42 with 1 second exposure on Samsung S9 handheld through a 7" Mak
M42 witha 10 second exposure, Samsung S9 mounted with Orion SteadyPix one 7" Mak
The Trapezium with Samsung S9, showing the E star and nearly F!
Orion's Sword with M42, taken through a 72mm with Samsung S9 at x18
M45 captured with a Samsung S9 through a Tak FC-100DC
M36
M37
M38
Sigma Orionis captured with Samsung S9 through 7" Mak, showing the fourth star in the group
NGC 2169 or the 37 cluster, Samsung S9 and 7" Mak
M42, the Great Orion Nebula with Samsung S9 through Intes-Micro. Taken on 10th February 2019
Processed version of the image to the left, bringing out more of the colour and nebulosity using Snapseed and PS Express Apps.

Solar Images


Planetary Images

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