Hi
I would like to share some photos that I capture yesterday with my iPhone 6 camera. I am a newbie in astrophotography and astronomy but have some experience in programming. As such, I have made an iOS app to take long exposure of the night sky. Yesterday the night is clear and at my place pool side (Katong area), I manage to capture the Milky Way. It is my 3rd or 4th night attempt. After some simple processing, the subtle Milky Way appears. Would like to take this opportunity to thank sherring for his posts. They have inspired me.
Actual photo:
Adjust contrast in my app:
Adjust structure in Snapseed:
Please do comment on how to make it look better. Thanks very much.
Clear sky!
yong54321
Milky Way and M83 with iPhone
Milky Way and M83 with iPhone
Last edited by Yong54321 on Mon Apr 01, 2019 1:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Milky Way with iPhone
Here is a shot of M83. It shows only a hint of the galaxy spiral arm at the lower left of tge attached photo. Could anyone verify if it is M83. Look like it is a long way before I could capture good enough photo.
Re: Milky Way and M83 with iPhone
Today shot of M83 galaxy with iPhone and manual Dob 8inch.
Re: Milky Way and M83 with iPhone
Wow that's pretty cool... developing an app that could take long exposure with iPhone. I wonder what the noise level of the phone is?
You might want to consider taking it in a darker place and have a tripod to hold down your camera. The MW looks pretty legit!
HJ
You might want to consider taking it in a darker place and have a tripod to hold down your camera. The MW looks pretty legit!
HJ
Re: Milky Way and M83 with iPhone
hi thanks.
The noise level is low enough to see galaxies. There is some walking noise and i wonder what causes it. How do you measure it?
So far the app can image m31, m83, ngc 6774 etc. Here is an updated post at
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/6575 ... spiralcam/
Best regards
The noise level is low enough to see galaxies. There is some walking noise and i wonder what causes it. How do you measure it?
So far the app can image m31, m83, ngc 6774 etc. Here is an updated post at
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/6575 ... spiralcam/
Best regards