moon with HTC smart phone

[brian nordstrom]

Hi all , we have a break in the weather tonight so I am out looking at the moon .
Telescope is my NG 127mm triplet on its Ioptron iEQ45 mount. Camera is the 5.2 megga pixel HTC smartphone held up to the following eyepieces .
Photo #1 , 8mm radian at 119x .
Photo #2 , 17mm Nagler t4.
Hope you enjoy , I can see how this astro photography thing is so addictive , awsome results to be had . :thumbsup: . I am inpressed with pitch blackness of the surrounding sky , a tribuite to the scattered light supression in this scope , as I am in the middle of a city of 30,000 people .
Brian.

[renormalised]

Nice shots, Brian. Now you're on the slippery slope of astropics and empty wallets:):):P

[Regulus]

That's impressive!
Didn't see the HTC in you equipment list :-)

[Liz]

Gee, they have come up well Brian, pretty sharp for a phone!! I also have a HTC, but have never had any luck, you have inspired me to try again.

[brian nordstrom]

;) Thanks Trevor , I did not even think to post that :lol: info , but the results are good and when I fabricate up a bracket to hold the phone steady , :question: well I just might .
Brian.

[brian nordstrom]

:) Thanks Liz, its very hard to hold the tiny lense of our phones in exactly :mad2: the right place and push the button , nine has a touch button on the screen and that makes it a little easier as the phone is held naturally and my finger is over the button without even thinking about it .
See Trevors reply and if I get ;) a device to work I will post the design here .
Brian.

[brian nordstrom]

Here is another couple , you can see the differance a tiny movement makes to the contrast . No photo shop here these are AH LA natural.
Oh yea Liz dont forget to turn off the flash !!:lol:

[astronobob]

Fantastic Brian, suprizingly sharp : )

[zardos123]

Nice!! also good to see another ieq45 being used i love mine :D:D:D

regards brad

[brian nordstrom]

:thumbsup: Thanks Brad , yes I love mine as well , nice mount and so easy to use with good software , much better than celestron or meads . I have posted some photos of mine in the equipment section.
Brian

[brian nordstrom]

:) thanks Bob , Yea not bad for a phone camera .;) I can see how this astro photography thing can become addictive, as Carl said , "slippery slope to empty wallets " I might look into the CCD cameras for sale at Andrews , they look well made and reasnobly cheep ? :thumbsup:
Brian.

[renormalised]

Your best value for money is the little Atik 314+. Here's a review on the camera...

www.stark-labs.com/craig/articles/assets/Atik314_API09.pdf (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/www.stark-labs.com/craig/articles/assets/Atik314_API09.pdf)

Here's also a heap of piccies taken by Atik cameras, including the 314 +...

http://www.atik-cameras.com/competition/entries/competition-2012/all/1

[AG Hybrid]

Those came out well. Ive been trying to do the same with my new HTC phone with its 8 megapixel camera, and Ive had a much harder time getting a nice picture. But, that's probably more due to my failings rather then the phones as I'm using a 12 inch dob with no moon filter. I may as well be using my phone camera to take pictures of the sun.

[AG Hybrid]

The best I can at the moment. Might try some moon filters next time though :lol:

Its a shame though. It looks so much better at the eyepieces.

[brian nordstrom]

:thumbsup:Yes I do beileve a moon filter is what you need , :rofl:, a little to much light from the 12 inches :thumbsup: , its not easy to get the phone in exactly the right spot .
Keep it up tho , you may be suprised .
Brian.

[brian nordstrom]

:) Thanks for that Carl , your links did not work for me but a search of ISS got them and they are really good photos for the price $1199 :thanx:.
I will look at getting one later on in the year , gotta build up some funds ,, :rofl:. I can see it now ... ;).
Brian.

[cjamo9]

they are better pics than i can get with my cannon 1100D. i think ill put the slr back in its box and start using my phone as well.

[HCR32]

Smart phone smart pic brian.:thumbsup:

[Liz]

:lol::lol:

[Quark]

Quite an impressive result there Brian, pretty versatile bit of kit.

Regards
Trevor