iTelescope

[dbhbk]

I thought this came out pretty well for a phone camera. From an iPhone 5S manually pointed through the eyepiece of my 6" dobsonian telescope. Spot metered with my finger. A little tricky, but I have the technique down now. I think they tiny lens of the iPhone camera is actually well suited to the purpose, and no expensive gear is needed (as I assume would be the case with an SLR). Taken from 6,300' in the sierra nevada, CA, at dusk (sun still setting actually, thus the bright spot).

 

[DanTSX]

Very cool thanks for sharing

 

[LoloBond]

I thought this came out pretty well for a phone camera. From an iPhone 5S manually pointed through the eyepiece of my 6" dobsonian telescope. Spot metered with my finger. A little tricky, but I have the technique down now. I think they tiny lens of the iPhone camera is actually well suited to the purpose, and no expensive gear is needed (as I assume would be the case with an SLR). Taken from 6,300' in the sierra nevada, CA, at dusk (sun still setting actually, thus the bright spot).

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I bought this for my microscope at work and its amazing. http://www.skylightscope.com/

 

[lelisa13p]

Looks like a good wallpaper candidate to me.

 

[wxman2003]

Impressive!

 

[Thrifty1]

Great photo. I never tried using my iPhone with my telescope (Meade 10" LX200R). I will have to give this a try.

 

[Toby Ziegler]

Not bad at all!

 

[Slicktype]

Neat !

 

[iBighouse]

You should make a PVC pipe sleeve to slide around your eyepiece, and slot into it to slide in the iPhone - kinda like an olloclip lens! Patent!

 

[markyr17]

Thanks for sharing, that's pretty cool

 

[Carlanga]

nice!

 

[GALAGA]

whoa! nice , have to try that!

 

[LV426]

Good one.

You took the photo at a good time, too, when it was near to half-moon. That's the best time to see crater shadows.