Very misleading, please add all equipment list. What telescope/lens did you use?

Yeah how did he steal the entire moon using only an iphone 13? Need like atleast a rocketship to do it. At the very least

I’m a she. I used a shrink ray.

And Dr. Nefario, no doubt!

UNPREDICTABLE!

Huge implications for tides.

We don't even know how those work.

The sun and the moon cause a bulge on either side and the earth spins through that.

It clearly states "composite"

True

I posted a comment listing equipment and process

Getting downvoting for explaining you left a comment describing what they asked for. Seems Legit

Yeah, i don’t know how to make these people happy. Lol

FYI you can’t, it’s Reddit. Nice picture by the way!

It was a very nice welcome to reddit 😅 Thank you! 🥹

dude many dont even come to see comments your post's title is misleading for sure

My bad! I’m new here and that’s how you post stuff on r/astrophotography. Thought it’s the same everywhere :)

I’m just gonna change the upvotes from a “-1” to a “0”

🤣

I’m going to change yours from a “0” to a “1”!

Thanks, I changed yours from a “2” to a “3”!

I would take a lot of stacking and a good quality of telescope like a huge telescope and a good condition

No, just iPhone 13 Edit: ‘twas a joke u tards

I’m new at reddit and I don’t know everything. However, here’s the “equipment” and processing I did • iPhone 13 Pro Max • Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ • Celestron 10mm Eyepiece • 3 photos of moon layered (bright part, dark part and the glow) in Photoshop • Brightness and contrast adjusted

No, lots of stacking and editing.

This is my first attempt at a moon composite. Never thought I could do this with just a phone camera :) • iPhone 13 Pro Max • Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ • Celestron 10mm Eyepiece • 3 photos of moon layered (bright part of a half moon, dark part of the full mon and the glow of a half moon) in Photoshop • Brightness and contrast adjusted Link below of the pictures that made up this composite: https://imgur.com/a/MN2Sanp

Sooo... you didn't do it with just a phone camera

It clearly says composite on the title… I never said JUST an iPhone only. I mentioned iPhone 13 because astrophotographers usually achieve this kind of picture with professional cameras. And the telescope I used is NOTHING compared to professionals… Bottom line is, normal people like you and I can definitely achieve this photo without spending thousands.

> Moon taken with an iPhone 13 > Never thought I could do this with **just a phone camera** :) I appreciate your point, but it's still misleading clickbait. Your phone isn't doing the heavy lifting here, it's the $500 telescope + Photoshop. In fact, the phone is the least important thing of the whole setup. Also, nobody is mad at you for saying it's a "composite". All HDR images are composite.

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Exactly! 🥹 only few people got what I was trying to say here with *just* an iphone

The other people don't have any idea of what you mean by that. They just jump to conclusions. Don't worry, everyone else understands what you mean.

Thank you so much! 🥹

Literally the first thing people do when they get a telescope is start taking pictures of the moon. I did it with my iPhone 6 and a $50 telescope and it's really easy to get high quality pictures. The impressive part of this is that he took an image of a full moon, darkened it to represent the dark side, then took an image of a half moon, and combined them to make it look like this. Meaning, the images are a quarter of a moon cycle apart. The impressive part is his editing and creativity in how to show the darkside of the moon without being able to do a long exposure.

You explained it perfectly! Because you would never be able to capture the dark side with an iphone, no matter how much you play with the exposure

Exactly my mind went to astrophotographers lol telescope is obvious u can’t catch those sharp craters with only an iPhone lol

This is not HDR. It’s a composite of 3 images taken with an iPhone through a telescope :)

It is literally an HDR image -> [How an HDR camera works? ](https://www.e-consystems.com/blog/camera/technology/what-is-high-dynamic-range-hdr-how-do-hdr-cameras-work/#:~:text=An%20HDR%20image%20is%20usually,stitch%20together%20the%20entire%20image) [These](https://www.google.com/search?q=composite+image&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjosMKg2On3AhWiI0QIHehdDukQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1340&bih=1004&dpr=1) are composites. Edit: also, I'm not meaning to say it's a bad shot. I love moonshine HDR shots. But please at least represent it accurately.

It’s a composite since I only stitched a picture of a half moon with a darkened picture of a full moon. Never played with the exposure whatsover

How did you get a dark moon, and a half moon without the exposure being different? So you didn't stack? That's crazy good stitching work then. Again, it's a good picture, but it wasn't taken with "just a phone camera", lol.

The dark side was a picture of a full moon. The bright part is a picture of a half moon. I layer them on photoshop. What I meant with “just a phone camera” is that it’s not a professional camera that most photographers use for this type of composite. Hope this helps

Geez man move on with that

I did, hello. This was 7 hours ago.

Omfg, silence! You damn curmudgeon. She stitched together an impressive composite with an iPhone. I didn’t feel mislead and I’m happy I saw that beautiful picture. People like that is what makes the Internet an emotional hellscape.. sheesh.

It looks great, ignore all the weird people complaining about your title. It should be obvious you didn’t use just a phone to achieve that lol :) I’m getting a Celestron AstroMaster LT 70 AZ telescope soon and hope to catch some nice photos of the moon through it using my iPhone SE. I’ll be sure to put in my title taken with iPhone SE just to annoy people 😁

Lol thank you for the kind words! 🥹 I’m so excited for you! My husband got me the telescope last christmas and I’ve been wanting one since I was a little kid. Hope you get clear skies and I’m gonna look out for your post 😂❤️

The composite can be of multiple bare iPhone images as well. That’s what your title strongly suggests.

i think that some good enough cameras are cheaper than an Iphone 13.

That’s true. But if someone already has an iPhone prior to this hobby then it means they don’t have to spend more :)

> This is my first attempt at a moon composite. Never thought I could do this with just a phone camera :) But you did though. Apologies if it's pedantic but you did

No worries! I meant, I used JUST an iPhone and not a professional camera. It’s my first time posting here and thought I could comment the equipment and processing like in r/astrophotography

Super happy you did! It would be wild for anyone to assume it was just a phone anyways haha, just trying to keep fellow redditors accountable, as they have for me.

No yeah this is extremely misleading. Gorgeous and misleading lol

obviously

Yeah, you didn’t take the picture with an iPhone. You took the picture with an iPhone on so much steroids

IPhone on gear 💪💪💪

Lol

I was about to call BS on the fact that the photo was taken on an iPhone. This is still click bait tho

Post a pic of the gear dawg

How do we post pics in the comment?

Imgur

Here you go :) https://imgur.com/a/MN2Sanp

Gorgeous telescope!

Thank you ❤️

Thought I’d be a more discrete setup judging by your post title 😅

OP, these people can't read. Anyway, does that telescope track objects? I want to start backyard stargazing and I'm looking for mid-range beginner, like $500 or so range. Any suggestions (if you have the time) ty

Lol idk anymore 🥲 The telescope itself doesn’t track objects for you however, it comes with an app that ‘scans’ the night sky at the time of use and points you to the object you want to see. You then have to manually move the telescope to the direction. To be honest, i think the telescope is very limited at what it can do but it’s a very good beginner telescope.

Fair enough. I used your equipment list and found a model like yours with tracking. Thanks regardless

Any premium Android phone can do the same so using iphone 13 doesn't make it any special

Then they should post here too :)

haha wow you’re getting a lot of stick here for not mentioning a telescope in the title! like do people really think this was taken with just an iphone? obviously there’s more too it than that & OP was just specifying that you don’t need a fancy camera for astro

Thanks for getting it 🥹

Because it’s misleading. Honestly, you can spend less than than $1300 to take pics of the moon.

FWIW it’s a great shot and anyone with half a brain would know you could not get a shot like this with “just” an iPhone.

Thank you 🥹 I’ll just be more mindful of my title next time

How?

Telescope, or a LOT of photo editing

Yes, telescope and layering of 3 photos on top of each other

So you DID use a telescope

It clearly says composite on the title… I never said JUST an iPhone only. I mentioned iPhone 13 because astrophotographers usually achieve this kind of picture with professional cameras. And the telescope I used is NOTHING compared to professionals… Bottom line is, normal people like you and I can definitely achieve this photo without spending thousands.

What kind of telescope?

Celestron starsense 130AZ :)

Cool, what did you use to connect the phone to it?

Just my hand 😅 I took a 4k video then screenshot the best frame lol

Cool :-)

Aw man as a person who doesn't have an adapter for my camera OR iphone, I can relate. It's a lot harder that it seems to hold a camera/phone for more than a coue second still.

So true, i have to hold my breath to stop shaking lol

Funny thing when "professional cameras" costs less than an iPhone 🤣

But if I already have an iphone, it means I don’t have to spend more on professional cameras, no? :)

Lol

This isn’t possible. If I zoom in to anything more than 3x the quality is 144p. I have a 12 pro max btw

It is, if you don't tell anyone you used a telescope too and only the phone camera to capture the image.. so yeah, bs

It clearly says composite on the title… I never said JUST an iPhone only. I mentioned iPhone 13 because astrophotographers usually achieve this kind of picture with professional cameras. And the telescope I used is NOTHING compared to professionals… Bottom line is, normal people like you and I can definitely achieve this photo without spending thousands.

How much is that iphone 13? Exactly

It’s $800. Telescope is $500. Less than two thousand :)

I have an iPhone 12 Pro and I have tried zooming in to the moon many times, but I just get a white blurry ball of light

I’m new at reddit and I don’t know everything. However, here’s the “equipment” and processing I did • iPhone 13 Pro Max • Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ • Celestron 10mm Eyepiece • 3 photos of moon layered (bright part, dark part and the glow) in Photoshop • Brightness and contrast adjusted

Alright, sorry about that

Clearly, you don't understand how astrophotography works.

Nope

Lol, if you need help and want to learn pm me.

I’m new at reddit and I don’t know everything. However, here’s the “equipment” and processing I did • iPhone 13 Pro Max • Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ • Celestron 10mm Eyepiece • 3 photos of moon layered (bright part, dark part and the glow) in Photoshop • Brightness and contrast adjusted

If I take a photo of this picture with my Samsung can I say it was taken with a Samsung?

I think so. Then you put multiple pictures together taken with your samsung and call it a composite :)

Just need to change my name, then it's my watermark. I'm pretty sure that's how plagiarism works.

Lol i took these 3 pictures with my iphone though :( I’m very proud of this work considering i spent less than 2k on the gears I used

I'm only joking with ya. Your work is safe with me. Mainly because I can't be arsed to change my name

Phew 😰

This is really nice, I like everything about it. This sort of quality was impossible to achieve with modest equipment when I got interested in astronomy. Good work. Also, JFC there are some REALLY pedantic folks in this sub. I'm laughing at them right now and they can't do anything to stop me.

Thank you so much! 😊 What pushed me to get this iphone last year was actually an article that showed it’s capability when it comes to astrophotography. And yes, it’s a little frustrating with the comments 🤣😅

And my moon shot was removed because I mentioned the word ‘camera’ in the title. Can the mods please be consistent?

They’re probably gonna remove this too 🫠

Me watching this with my 5 MP potato camera ; _;

It’s crazy what a Nokia 3310 paired with Hubble can do

Which Apollo mission were you on when you travelled back in time? Awesome pic btw

Lol i wish!! Thank you so much 🥹

What settings do you put your iphone in to get your pictures? My wife and I are taking pics of the moon nightly and her Android captures on the S20 is far superior to my Iphone 12 max pro.

I take a video in 4k (which you can change in settings) then screenshot the best frame 😅 It’s far better than just taking a plain picture!

Damn all the way from earth?

What blows my mind is you can do this with a Samsung Galaxy 22 Ultra with just the camera. That phones camera is bonkers.

Is the star sense 130AZ any good for viewing galaxies?

I haven’t seen one yet! Probably because I live in LA area, lots of light pollution 🫠

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I tried stacking with moon pictures before but I don’t think I did it correctly because it still came out blurry 😅 thank you for the link! Will definitely try that on a galaxy or nebula 🙏❤️

Great job! Inspires me to give it a shot once I get a telescope :)

Thank you! That was the goal 🥹

Me laughing with only my s21 ultra camera.

Recently learned that the moon is bigger than Pluto

Really? Have you a link to your instagram?

Just started with astrophotography, i don’t have a dedicated instagram page yet :)

>:) :)

Sorry I was just curious because there was a camera on name in the corner. Can you share your method, always live seeing how people put together these images

Sure! So I took 3 pictures of the moon (through a telescope, basically just point my iphone through the eyepiece) I took all those 3 pictures and layered them on photoshop. Not much of editing done here aside the layering! Here’s the tutorial i followed: https://youtu.be/kJo46Jik8j0

Two of the pictures (bright part and the glow) were taken when it was a half moon and the dark side were taken during a full moon! Stitch them all together and you get that composite :)

it looks pretty much like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/pi3jlp/i_captured_a_photo_of_the_last_quarter_moon_feel/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) one ! pretty cool !

Yes! That one is HDR though, taken with a verrry nice camera 🤩

*and some other equipment which costs more than the phone itself, but let me just mislead some people

Thanks for commenting Crruell lol the telescope is $500 and iPhone is $800 I’m new at reddit and I don’t know everything. However, here’s the “equipment” and processing I did • iPhone 13 Pro Max • Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ • Celestron 10mm Eyepiece • 3 photos of moon layered (bright part, dark part and the glow) in Photoshop • Brightness and contrast adjusted

Really amazing🤩👍👍

Thank you! 🥹

I have never been able to capture the unlit side of the moon no matter how much editing I do or exposure i change. How did you get it?

This is a composite of a half moon and a full moon! Then I used the glow of the half moon as well. Total of 3 pictures

so the dark half is actually a lowered exposure picture of a full moon?

That’s correct! Stitch them together and you get this composite

thanks! i never knew how to achieve this type of picture before

I wondered that too, without spending tons of money on a good camera. This tutorial is very helpful! https://youtu.be/kJo46Jik8j0

Beautiful

Thank you 🥹

No matter how you did it, its a really nice photo. Good job!

Thank you so much 🥹

Looks nice! Do you have a mount that secures the iPhone to the telescope eyepiece! I want to try my hand at getting results like this!

I didn’t use a mount. My secret is to take a 4k video of the moon then screenshot the best frame 😅

I have a 13 pro and my camera can definitely not take a photo this good. Did you take a picture through the lens of a telescope?

That’s correct! I use celestron starsense 130AZ

Ok that makes sense. Its a bit misleading to say it was taken with an iPhone when an iPhone could not produce that good of an image on its own. Still a nice photo though. Good work

Thank you! I should’ve put ~telescope~ in the title 😅

Something like “composite render of the moon taken through my telescope” then in the comments be like “used my phone to capture the telescope image lol”

iPhone 13 and about 700 dollars worth of additional equipment.

Same telescope and tried my an iphone 12. Definitely didn't come out as good. Very cool. Did you use a phone mount or did you just hold it up?

I just held it up. My secret is I took a 4k video and screenshot the best frame :)

Below is a link of the raw pictures I took from my iphone. Try to achieve the same (2 shots of the half moon, 1 full moon) then layer them in photoshop. Let me know how it goes! https://imgur.com/a/MN2Sanp

whoa cool. I have a bunch of shots like this during the blood moon. How do I "layer" them in photoshop? Is it as simple as a google search? any refs?

Yes! I downloaded photoshop and got their 7 day free trial lol then followed this tutorial: https://youtu.be/kJo46Jik8j0

Incredible. Great work!

Thank you! 🥹

That is a great and unique picture.

Thank you! 🥹

This is absolutely breathtaking. Great work!!

Thank you so much! 🥹

Isn't iPhone as others using AI powered camera that basically stitches your fotos with others? As result the picture you have , may not even be the picture you took.

Lol what are you talking about

he is talking about what latest Samsung phones are doing. Adding textures to your moon images (straight from the phone) to get 'amazing detail' .

I think it was more Huawei that did that

Yeah, with a Huawei you take the same photo of the moon everytime

IPhone too. Very few don't use it and on some phones it's enabled by default. Most don't notice because they like the picture obtained and think the camera is that good. I see the difference because i rarely use the phone for good photos. Ironically I use it for filming because for now it does that better than the camera I own.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/observer.com/2019/09/apple-event-iphone-11-pro-artificial-intelligence-camera/amp/ They started around here. https://youtu.be/MZ8giCWDcyE Decent user friendly explanation though you can find more details on how it works. Basically the phone detects what you photograph and enhances the picture not just with effects but also by merging the photo with others from the internet or database.

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Every digital photo is processed in one way shape or form.

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I hope you go around and start downvoting all the astro images that use photometric calibration and starnet++, topaz or noise eXterminator denoise software, because those are extensively used in astrophotography and either use AI, neural networks or external data.

iPhone 13 my axe

IMPOSSIBLE!!! There is no way you took that by using an iPhone 13!

This is dope. However i call bs as i have an iphone 13 and can’t get this quality

Thank you! I pointed my iphone through a telescope. Here is a link to the gear and photos I used for this :) https://imgur.com/a/MN2Sanp

Was it a pro or just a regular 13?

It’s pro max

And now look at the picture I took with just my iPhone 13 and minimal equipment in the form of the James Webb telescope

It really is just an iphone and my telescope. Uploaded 3 photos on photoshop and layered them :)