Only got out my small scope and tried phone pics because it was cloudy for a good part of the night. There just happened to be a playing flying by the moon when I was taking pics, thank god for apple’s live photos
Bonus video
Meade ETX-125 (deforked and put on manual alt-ax tripod)
Pentax XL 28mm
iPhone SE3
How the fuck did you get it to be so stable. Even with my tripod and a 600mm lens I had to use a ten second timer to get anything without bluriness.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I just braced my phone against the eyepiece with my hands. I think also the scope is nowhere near the weight limit for the tripod so it’s just pretty sturdy naturally
You could try one of these remote triggers, if the shaking from your hand is the problem. But for long exposure times you'd need a tracking telescope mount 🤑
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