Gosky Digiscoping Adapter Review for Nature and Astro Use

A review of the Gosky Digiscoping Adapter which can be used to connect a smartphone to a telescope.

[@NeuroscIQ]

Nice Video and Review. We also recently tested and reviewed this device for a laboratory microscope with great results. It's a versatile product.

[@Shaolin9424]

Thank you Jenham! I just recieved my adapter today for my Celestron 114 LCM Telescope. Your video really helped man! Thank you!

[@JenhamsAstro]

Excellent! I hope you get some good pictures.

[@rudrakshakapoor4391]

You deserve 1 million subscribers sir

[@fabiancurto6484]

I discovered your channel . And Im really impressed with the good quality and information that you provide every time . Keep the good work . And thank you !!! For helping beginner astronomers like me to understand more and more about the stars and the universe ! You are amazing 🤩!

[@JenhamsAstro]

Thank you Fabian. I’m glad you like the videos and that they’re useful. Clear skies to you! Graham

[@normlor]

THIS IS A GOOD VIDEO AS I JUST BOUGHT A 7 YR OLD "BEBANG" TELESCOPE AND DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE THIS FEATURE IT CAME WITH.

[@Darksagan]

Good video, I was undecided on purchasing one of these due to lack of videos testing it. Thanks

[@KandiKlover]

This one is over price though, it's just a generic chinese one being resold under dozens of different brandnames so for anyone else watching just search "Digiscope Adapter" on amazon and get whatever one that looks just like this but is cheaper. They are all the same manufacturer and bulk resold to other companies who put their own brand on.

[@danmisson]

Yes I think this is the one I need for the heritage 130p :-) thanks for a good review

[@xowaspxowasp5772]

Good review & you've helped me decide on a mount 👍👍 Please don't feed the squirrels, they're vermin, they do a lot of damage to our natural bird population & native trees.

[@JenhamsAstro]

Thanks. We now have "Squirrel Buster" bird feeders which seem to do the job.

[@ritahu5129]

Svbony also has same smart phone adapter, thanks very much for your video.

[@ww321]

I have one like that and was just thinking I could cut a short tube to slide over the eyepiece and clamp the adapter to that for more eye relief that I need.

[@JenhamsAstro]

OK, please let me know how that works.

[@leomaida92]

Thank you :)

[@akshatchobdar3038]

You are the best

[@DavidMFChapman]

I bought one if these and am still playing with it. I feel that it's best to remove the rubber eye guard completely if the clamp wants to grip the eyepiece at that point to achieve best performance. It also strikes me that if you want to increase the eyepiece-camera distance a bit, the bolt parallel to the eyepiece axis seems to be long enough that a flat washer could be introduced as a spacer. Once the correct distance is achieved, stray-light reflections could be reduced by fashioning some kind of foam baffle. I still have a lot to figure out regarding the right kind of eyepiece. What are your thoughts regarding the placement of the camera lens via-a-vis the exit pupil of the telescope?

[@geosobservations9496]

I like the foam baffle idea... that would fix my haze issues for daytime viewing 👏🙂

[@geosobservations9496]

They work very well with an X-cel eyepiece... especially the 7mm they clamp on under the eyeguard and then it screws up to the camera 🤗

[@basslinedoom]

Hello. I hope you can help me! I have this type of adapter, and I use it to take pictures with a smartphone connected to the eyepiece of the telescope. With the moon, it's very easy to adjust the distance and alignment, to make decent photos. But. When I try to take deep sky shots, having to raise the ISO value. The photo comes out with a clear halo! Sometimes on one side or more central, depending on the alignment of the sensor-eyepiece. How can this be solved? And if I used the "Celestron NexYZ", could the same problem arise? Thank you!

[@flyingwings9969]

can u pls suggest digiscope mount for bigger eyepiece such as Celestron 25x100...

[@vishnukartha47]

Hello, very informative video. Am also interested in buying this. But have a little doubt, actually how much eye relief this adaptor supports. Means how much u can move the phone towards or away from the earpiece?

[@JenhamsAstro]

Vishnudas Kartha Thanks. If the phone is flat in the “tray” then there is about 6mm between the EP and camera. If you tilt the camera away from the EP you can get a separation of about 15mm before the clamp is no holding the phone securely. This isn’t an ideal setup and the reason why the Celestron NeXYZ has the Z axis adjustment feature. But it costs a lot more. I hope this helps.

[@vishnukartha47]

@@JenhamsAstro , it really helped me. Thanks for the information.

[@Sam-hf8nq]

Cheap but you get what you pay for. Had one of these and tried using it on a spotting scope. OK results but ultimately ended up sending it back...way too much fiddling around required to get it adjusted correctly. Definitely not an easily repeatable plug-and-play solution like other fixed device mounts that are out there.

[@JenhamsAstro]

Sam White Fiddly yes, but decent value. For an Astro scope it can give much better results than the handheld approach. Definitely not a tidy solution though I fully agree. But as an example is the NeXYZ worth 4x more? Not for me.

[@dannysastronomy6894]

@@JenhamsAstro The NeXYZ was okay for me, but after a while everytime I aim up to the moon it depends how high the moon is. It kept sliding down, so that was really annoying...

[@JenhamsAstro]

@@dannysastronomy6894 Hi Danny, i agree that a weak point can be the ability to grip a relatively slim, smooth-sided eyepiece. I have managed to get a tighter grip by adding some rubber padding, but it's not pretty! Clear skies! Graham

[@cruikshank]

Thank you for the video. I’ve been thinks about buying one. iPhone 8+ and C8

[@hansanarandeepastrophotogr9876]

This is very useful for my smartphone astrography. What is the brand of that adupter🤓🤓

[@JenhamsAstro]

Hansana Randeep astronomy sri lanka Mine was branded “GoSky” but you can find the same or very similar unit online with different brand names.

[@hansanarandeepastrophotogr9876]

@@JenhamsAstro 😀😃

[@darkPassenger24]

Thanks

[@thevintagebrit6723]

I have an iPhone 11 and it’s quite difficult to use this mount. Is there any tips on how I can make it work? because it’s kinda annoying

[@JenhamsAstro]

Hi, when i made the video I had used smaller iPhone 7s and an old 5 which were easier. I have an 11 now and have managed to use it, but often the phone's volume buttons get trapped in the clamp and the phone turns off or takes pictures. My only tip is to align the camera on the adapter during the day-time, looking through the eyepiece. Clamp it down as best you can and then take the adapter and phone off together until you use them at night and are lined up on your target, being careful not to nudge anything when you re-attach them. The NexYZ is better, but costly and often too heavy in my experience to stay put. Overall I agree these things can be annoying!

[@thevintagebrit6723]

@@JenhamsAstro thanks for the help

[@davidharbison2140]

I have two. For me I think they are rubbish. They allow light to get between the eye piece and the phone which is a bad idea. I am now torn between the Optricon universal smartphone mount about £70 or do I get a second mortgage out and get the Swarovski variable phone adapter and cap adapter which is £160, which is silly money.

[@JenhamsAstro]

David Harbison Maybe some flocking paper could shield the light and save some money?

[@psychoticmania_]

hi is there any diffrences between bushman's adaptor? and are j7 prime phone and celestron 50az available for this adaptor ?

[@rodneyjohnson4794]

i bought one in september 2020 for a gift. the tiny screw to tighten the cradle for the smartphone stripped. the screw has tiny splines and the knob stripped inside. it is labelled 'celestron' and i bought it through telescope.com. tele' told me to contact celestron direct. am waiting for a response. celestron's nexyz looks much sturdier, but 3x the cost.

[@skyprop]

5:51 can you slide the eyepiece up higher (towards the iphone lens) in the mount before you lock it in place so that it is closer to the iphone lens when you attach the iphone?? to allow full FOV>

[@JenhamsAstro]

Hello, i just checked and you can move and then clamp the eyepiece so it is in contact with the iphone. The problem is that often the image fills the screen more when it the camera is further away from the eyepiece lens. I haven't got a ray diagram to explain this but often it works that way, so you find yourself trying to increase the distance, which isn't easy with this mount.

[@DavidMFChapman]

I agree, there’s an optimum distance. I feel that the camera lens should be placed at the exit pupil of the telescope, which depends on the choice of eyepiece. The Celestron NeXYZ solves this problem by actually having a fine control for this. It’s more expensive, but worth it in my opinion.

[@GorkovenkoY]

This does not work on a rifle scope. I bought it today and it just does not work as well as a telescope.

[@JenhamsAstro]

OK thanks for the feedback.

[@KandiKlover]

It's not made for that.

[@Skavatar789]

rifle scopes have 2 or 3 inch eye relief, if you put your eye up to the rifle scope and shoot, the recoil will give you a black eye, or even severe eye damage.

[@augustinaszubrys2006]

Can I use it with Samsung Galaxy J6 not with Iphone?

[@JenhamsAstro]

Augustinas Zubrys How big is it?

[@ruansiebert]

Think it will work on rifle scope?

[@pivottech8881]

By all means you can try but, it fits on my 25mm telescope eyepiece, so I'd say maybe but I'm not 100 percent sure

[@lfc4269]

Hello mate..... Can I ask what lens u are you using... It has a big eye peice is that' what enables a better picture on the phone??? I'm using a celestron K20 lens. And it's really hard getting a good imagine.

[@JenhamsAstro]

Hello, in the video I am using an old celestron 26mm plossl eyepiece, which as you say has a large eye lens. But the illuminated part on the lens where the image is is the same size as the exit pupil of your setup, so is the eyepiece focal length (20 for you) divided by the telescopes focal ratio. Even with my setup it is not simple to position the camera - I often have to zoom the camera in a little to fill more of the frame. Trial and lots of error.

[@JenhamsAstro]

And then the K in your lens means Kellner. These are cheap, old designs that are inferior to a plossl in many cases.

[@lfc4269]

Okay doki. Thank you anyways

[@AmandeepKamboj19jan]

As we can magnify acording to our will. Means it is replacement of barlow lens?

[@JenhamsAstro]

If the camera zoom gives a good quality image then yes you are right, it would be an alternative. Probably this approach would work better on bright daytime targets than for astronomy.

[@AmandeepKamboj19jan]

@@JenhamsAstro kindly explain what's the difference. As apurture is same both performs same function. Isn't it?. Thank you for your kind reply.

[@JenhamsAstro]

@@AmandeepKamboj19jan I was thinking that the barlow approach still results in use of all the scope's captured light over its full aperture. Perhaps the zoom on the phone isn't the same.

[@tarcisofilho4878]

Hello, could you inform us of how narrow it can get to grip into the phone?

[@JenhamsAstro]

Hello, if i make it as narrow as possible the width is then 54 to 55mm

[@tarcisofilho4878]

@@JenhamsAstro Thanks a lot, it'll fit my phone then

[@acieldee1188]

How did u make the phone holder longer. Mine wont loosen

[@JenhamsAstro]

I loosened the bolt underneath the phone tray, to allow it to slide.

[@hemang4310]

Any idea if this adaptor can work with iPhone 11 and Sky Master 15x70 binocular? If not, do you have any recommendation? Thanks in advance.

[@JenhamsAstro]

The maximum width of phone it can accept is about 92mm. The adapter will fit around eyepieces of diameter 28 to 47mm.

[@justastaronblox5823]

So yes IPhone 11 is about 75MM Wide so it should fit

[@jaydipbalasara4510]

Can I use this Mount for tablet (lenova tab 7) ? tablet is fitting inside it ?

[@JenhamsAstro]

I'd say no. If I expand the device to its maximum width it's around 85mm. Googling your tablet suggests its about 98mm. In general these adapters are happiest with a small, light device in my experience. They do the job, but gravity is always trying to move the device so that the camera lens becomes misaligned with the EP, A light/small device can be clamped more rigidly to resist this.

[@jaydipbalasara4510]

@@JenhamsAstro thank you very much for give me such very useful information

[@Abdulhaqq7148]

can it use for a rifle scope?

[@plainviewresearchteam352]

Thats exactly what i use

[@zuperblue1]

NO USE A TELESCOPE FILTER WHEEL attatch to the scope it leaves a flat surface to place your phone on

[@JenhamsAstro]

That's a good idea. Maybe more expensive than £15 though!

[@allisters2887]

Does it fit a 18mm eye piece?

[@JenhamsAstro]

The diameter range that seems to work is around 29 to 47mm, which is OK for most 1.25" EPs.

[@narcovice]

i knew i was gonna see a squrrel

[@bilalpost5991]

Sir , do you think this adapter is durable? The material it made is good?

[@JenhamsAstro]

Bilal Al hasani I’d say it’s good value for its low price. I have this cheap one and a more expensive Celestron XYZ model which has more features. I’d say the cheaper one is strong and durable enough but with all these adaptors you need to take care to attach them firmly to the eyepiece and to the phone.

[@bilalpost5991]

Jenham's Astro thank you a lot

[@nigelmorris4769]

Is there an app for Android like the one u used on iphone

[@JenhamsAstro]

Camera SV-5 may be an option but i haven't tried it.

[@nigelmorris4769]

@@JenhamsAstro thanks ill give it a try

[@astrom8774]

does it work with 10 mm? and 20?

[@JenhamsAstro]

The adapter will clamp around an eyepiece that is at least 28mm in diameter.

[@astrom8774]

@@JenhamsAstro lool can't believe you responded agter 3 years of the video, thank you!

[@saltraker9652]

Could you please tell me the name of the app you mentioned and where to get it. Thanks.

[@JenhamsAstro]

Hi, the app is called NightCap, which you can get for iPhone or Android phones, via an app store. It takes a bit of practice but definitely worth a try.

[@saltraker9652]

Jenham's Astro I have looked on both the Google play store and on Amazon app store (for Android) and have been unable to locate it. Is there something I'm missing?

[@hsmallwood40]

Saltraker look up the app. Wish that's where I got mine. To my door was $12 took about 3 weeks to get stuff but it's coming over on the slow boat.

[@JenhamsAstro]

Hi, i just checked again and i can see "NightCap Camera" in the Apple store

[@saltraker9652]

Jenham's Astro good to know. Maybe one day it'll be available as an Android app. Th for the info.

[@mariebethadriano5841]

My cant handle the phone and adapter

[@rl1271]

Can an iPhone X at 60 FPS record a bullet shot with this?

[@JenhamsAstro]

R L I doubt it. If the view through a scope was, say, of a 1 foot section of a target, and the projectile travels at 1000 ft/s then neither the 60fps or even the 240fps slo-mo would capture it well. You need a faster frame rate I think. That’s just my guess.

[@rl1271]

Jenham's Astro reporting back from the range. Yes it works in iPhone X slo-mo mode. You can barely see the .308 bullet path which really helps make scope corrections.

[@JenhamsAstro]

R L Thanks for the feedback; that is impressive tech!

[@tarcisofilho4878]

Nice shot with the Falcon!

[@rl1271]

Tarciso Filho thanks!

[@mauriciogamboa2492]

does it works for Iphone X

[@JenhamsAstro]

Yes an X would fit.

[@mauriciogamboa2492]

@@JenhamsAstro thanks buddy

[@geosobservations9496]

I have 3 of them for my microscope and telescope 😁

[@geosobservations9496]

For some phones and lenses you have to put the power button where the clamp presses against the phone but there is a recession in the clamp put the power button in there... for larger eyepieces

[@JenhamsAstro]

@@geosobservations9496 Good to know. My simple version often turns off the phone!

[@geosobservations9496]

@@JenhamsAstro yeah when I use an X-cel lens with an a50 phone I have to do that but an s21 is OK 👍

[@geosobservations9496]

Now Bixby comes up when you get it caught on it 😁

[@BirdWhisperer46]

Is this metal or plastic?

[@JenhamsAstro]

The tray that holds the phone is mainly plastic, but the piece in which it slides including the hexagonal part that surrounds the eyepiece is metal.

[@zuperblue1]

bigest problem its BLACK much better if it was luminus

[@fauzandz4179]

is it compatible for microscope?

[@JenhamsAstro]

Hello, it is quite adjustable for a range of diameters so it could probably be attached to many microscopes. I can't be sure if the camera could then be adjusted to be at the correct distance from the lens. This "in and out" axis of movement can be difficult to get right. But for the low price it may be worth a try. Graham

[@KandiKlover]

Easily yes.

[@d.c.7301]

@@KandiKlover so it won't interfere with the other eyepiece. Is the blue light typical. I intend to use it for electronics.

[@kiwidemon8555]

Shame they don't make them up to 85mm

[@bronson1392]

This device is nearly impossible to set up at night...there is no alignment feature for your phone lens.. awful.

[@JenhamsAstro]

It is not the easiest thing to use, I agree. I tend to set up the eyepiece, adapter and phone during twilight and move it on and off as a single unit. There are more sophisticated units on the market, some costing a lot more. Perhaps these are simpler to align.

[@muhammedsalman4373]

Pls giveaway this

[@mohamedabdullah4223]

Link for buy

[@JenhamsAstro]

Here it is: www.amazon.co.uk/Spotting-Scope-Smartphone-Adapter-Mount/dp/B01DG8ONGO/ref=pd_sbs_421_t_0/259-2805185-0122069?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01DG8ONGO&pd_rd_r=5ef6a216-4101-448e-bf02-798dc7bf4310&pd_rd_w=f1U6f&pd_rd_wg=UMsFH&pf_rd_p=e44592b5-e56d-44c2-a4f9-dbdc09b29395&pf_rd_r=Z11TF5X4HHAQ7XFHDGYH&psc=1&refRID=Z11TF5X4HHAQ7XFHDGYH There are similar newer model gosky adapters available for a few pounds more.

[@harishankar-gc2jk]

Cheap chinese telescope can't hold this metal clamp+mobile phone weight . It tend to bend and pointing to a planet will be very challenging

[@JenhamsAstro]

Yes it is difficult to keep the eyepiece and phone aligned. Even with a more expensive clamp like the Celestron NeXYZ it takes a lot of practice.

[@hawkmoto1760]

Airsoft Anybody?

[@paulkazjack]

We can't hear you! Turn up the volume man.

[@pangapunga3693]

it costs 1 dollar to make and they sell it for 10 dollars what a scam

[@mynamejev2489]

Bruhhhh how do you expect them to make money they have to pay for shipping to storage and also have to pay for storage then they also have to pay the people who put them together and your upset cause it costs you $10 dollars stop being a broke cheapskate

[@pangapunga3693]

I am not a rich guy for me each and every penny counts

[@martin8209]

Venus.......... Really!? :)