How To Photograph Comet C/2023 A3 With A Phone and a Camera

[@CristianGeelen]

Those lucky people with their clear skies...

[@musa7606]

Ha! It was all cloudy here when it could be seen in the morning so we missed it then. Thankfully, clear skies Sunday, clouds that cleared just in time Monday, and today clouds that should be clearing... I had a poor young friend I told to look for the comet in the morning and she didn't quite understand you couldn't see it through the clouds. She was up at 3am waiting for it :(

[@TheGamePlayer830]

Yep it’s cloudy rn I’m hoping tomorrow will be better

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

Lucky people with clear AND DARK skies. The comet is not really a naked eye object where I live. If you know where to look, you can kind of sense it with averted vision, but the ordinary person would not see it.

[@MunroMcLaren]

@@musa7606 you missed it if you’re up at 3am. It shows right after sunset.

[@musa7606]

@@MunroMcLaren She waited until sunrise.... But clouds clouds clouds...

[@v12shane]

I gotta say, you have the most honest, authentic astrophotography channel I've come across.

[@PiggyWX]

Fabulous ! Here in the UK it has been cloudy every night and not expected to get better. Missing this comet is a gut wrenching feeling.

[@GardenAstronomy]

I captured it last night in light polluted Belfast, Northern Ireland. So happy you're videos are an inspiration.

[@wooddogg8]

Tonight the clouds finally are gone! Thanks for the heads up on focal length,, exposure and all. really helpful.

[@mrrickcrushing]

Hi, Walt thanks for these tips, I got some decent photos from my ANDROID S20 FE and it was easier than setting up my Nikon D3200, lol, in which I completely forgot how to get the focus option going after everything else was in-place (laughing). Anyway, I hope you weren't affected by the bridge collapse, etc, not exactly sure where your region of living is, good luck and thanks again.

[@klassenrick87]

Exactly what I was doing Wednesday and Thursday night 🌙 🌌🌠such a beautiful sight to see!I went down to okanagan lake the second night I was out and it definitely makes all the difference in the world,the location of shooting,great choice for location! Cheers from Okanagan valley British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦

[@ericjac]

Hey, thank you very much for this lesson great stuff

[@millenialfalcon8243]

Got some good shots with my S23 Ultra last night. SPen was nice for activating the shot without touching the phone. Used both the 1x and 3x cameras. I like 10-15s at ISO 200-250

[@Amradar123]

I use the same phone attached to my telescope but I prefer voice activation. I keep losing the pen in the dark :p I will try it tomorrow l, fingers crossed

[@mikereilly2745]

Thank you! I'm glad you made it enticing for regular people ! Modest equipment n effort , yet yielded great results.

[@s.wilimek]

Awesome video. I have to laugh because while I was out photographing the comet I checked my phone there was a notification of a video on how to photograph the comet. Unfortunately, I only had one bar, so I watched it when I got home.

[@jillratanapan2606]

This is awesome Thank you so much for this video!❤️

[@ull4h]

Dude I love your videos so much and you’ve helped elevate my game tenfold when it comes to astrophotography. You make things so easy to understand and processing has become so much more accessible to me! I was wondering, have you ever done a tutorial for post-processing (and capturing) a meteor shower before? I took my camera to see Perseids this year and was wondering if you had any insights on how you would go about editing it. Quadrantids should be good in January and it’d be great to prepare for it. Keep up the terrific content 👌🏽!

[@Felldisulfide]

Great video, and great imaging location! We've had overcast skies through the end of September and then again when the comet came back around. I finally caught it last night (Oct 16) with a nearly full moon. The comet filled the entire frame using a 135mm Rokinon with a ASI294MC Pro camera. I was also doing a time lapse with a 14mm lens, and when I stacked that, the tail stretched nearly 1/4 of the image. Clear skies!

[@4nidr3s1]

thanks for your commitment to always bring fresh content , you inspire us bud thanks, Hi from Ottawa Canada

[@oldgittarist]

Great video Walt, very helpful.

[@alishaandersondesign6453]

Perfect timing! We're going out tonight (10/15).

[@np3jd37]

thanks for sharing I went last night not knowing how to shoot and I noticed to much haze. I ll go today again with the settings you provided I ll keep you posted!!!!! Best Regards Jose from Puerto Rico

[@craiglowery4427]

Fun video Walt. I imaged the comet Tuesday night with my old Canon T7i and a kit 200mm zoom. I couldn’t see the comet by eye. I think it’s dimming quickly. I used too much ISO but at least I got it. Thanks

[@DLMVegas]

Thanks for this video. Watched it before I went out last night. Used my Astro Modified Nikon D810 with an L-Pro filter for the giant moon behind me. Came out quite well. Best shot was at 70mm. I also shot at 50 and 100mm.

[@gjfm84]

Got on september 29th, southern hemisphere right before sunrise. Now I got it after sunset. Getting dimmer and dimmer. But totally worth the effort.

[@nachhaltig-reparieren]

nice comparison. thank you very much!

[@5219spark]

thanks for the info. Tried last night in Northeastern PA but clouds clouds. Will try again tonight!

[@MiguelScapin]

As I live in the south, I was able to film the comet with a Canon 6D and a Rokinon 100mm lens in September. Nice shots and great lesson! Clear skies.

[@MunroMcLaren]

I missed it while in Vermont on Saturday. But I’m back in Vancouver and skies are supposed to be partly cloudy on Monday. I have a Canon 90D with 18-55mm kit lens and a Tokina 11-16mm lens. And a 55-250mm lens.

[@ziggyfrnds]

Your content is brilliant my man! You had me at the camera in the fridge gimmick (that was a gimmick right? 😛)

[@davidpippin3460]

Awesome Walt!

[@johngiromini5745]

I'll be given this a run tonight just down the street where I live in the D/FW area. Probably a ton of light polution, but I got Neo-Wise from the same location and it turned out great. Great video! Onward...

[@ThiHaGadgets]

Thank you

[@tiezieboy7877]

I think you got the name of the comet wrong in your title 😅, isn't it supposed to be C/2023 A3?

[@dreikonig2785]

Correct.

[@MarcoMarkovich]

Just saw this -yes, I was looking for the wrong comet

[@nitezpeed]

Hey Walt, Mike from NiteZpeed here..... Lord, I loved the comment at the beginning" ...Let's cut The Bull$%it, and Learn how to Photograph it.." .....LMAO...... Gave me a good chuckle..... I have been in production of my Episode of The Comet and had a good run Sunday night, Going out tonight for another shot. Sony Cameras really changed the Game. Im Rolling an A6000 and It just delivers everytime....I find if I am doing Deep Sky, My Canons pull the weight, But if I am doing Landscape Astrophotography, My Sony is the Choice, Especially If you have a good Wide Angle Lens.... I use Sigma Lenses so the image quality is Awesome.... Great Shots of A3.....Clear Skies my Friend......

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@nitezpeed I really wish I owed this Sony camera. I'm definitely going to transition to Sony slowly in the next year or so. The A7sIII is the best video camera for low light footage. And the A7III that I'm playing around with is blowing my mind with nightscapes. I'm finally sold on Sony

[@themikeymikechannel2947]

I used a night vision scope to take a photo and did video too of it , I can't wait to see how it came out , haven't had time to check them yet. But after work I will check them later tonight.

[@Tony-Elliott]

Great video walt

[@besvideo]

2:05 that’s a very cool camera

[@stefanschneider3681]

I‘ve been quite lucky with the comets and traveling, because at home in Switzerland the odds are just too often against you. But in February 2023 we went on our usual skiing vacation in Austria and E3 ZTF was catchable right off the balcony of our hotel 😅! And that’s wheb I first realized why everyone is making such a fuss about stacking pictures with a comet: the damn thing moves visibly over several pictures, but in a different angle then the stars 😩! But eventually I did figure the Siril-stacking process with comets. In April this year - after months and months of rain and storm at home - we visited Egypt. And what was up there in the sky? 12P Pons-Brooks in a beautiful constellation with crescent moon and Jupiter. And right now I am in the South of Turkey enjoying some nice sunny days and guess what‘s the odds when you fly south for three hours to a place with 250 days of sunshine? YES! I took the 70-300 kitlense for my Canon 90D and could barely fit the whole tail into the picture 🤩! Tonight I‘ll probably go with the mighty fifty for stackable comet-shots and maybe an even wider lense for single shots with some scenery around it. The only problem is light pollution, one hotel after the other, but if that’s my worst problem for the moment I can take it 🤩! Thanks for the fun video 👍

[@musa7606]

I went to a beach at a local lake... and it was closed. Instead I found a picnic area on a hilltop in the area and that worked better.

[@chadthiem8371]

would love to share my A3 Atlas comet pics with you. i managed to drive up the going to the sun road up at glacier national park and captured it going over heavens peak 🤘🏼. always love the video man please keep them coming

[@mikeryan2388]

You just casually took a camera out of a refrigerator. Cool

[@lacsa727]

BEAUTIFULLLL❤ TFS

[@dreikonig2785]

Advanced advice: the sky has to be clear. 😉

[@FSCHW]

On the iPhone night mode only shows if the light to the sensor is low. Open the menus in the sun, no night mode. Cover the lens and it will pop up.

[@kevinashley478]

I plan to go thursday to my dark site and use my 135mm f2.8 lens and also my cellphone that captures in RAW format.

[@mikemoran5439]

I too keep my cameras in the refrigerizer.

[@rebbel67]

I'll capture it the next time it'll come around ~ By the way, why was the fourth image (the stacked one) portraying the comet heading SSW, whereas the other three it was SSE?

[@vherm7292]

Sure wish I could figure out my Canon Rebel T7...24mm f2.8 lens. I have tried MANY times and am doing something wrong. I can't get my Samsung Galaxy Note 20 5G to take a good pic either. I'm very new to this kind of photography too.

[@michaelallen5505]

Instead of setting a timer to take a picture, on my Galaxy S23, I went to "Settings" (the little gear in your camera app), "Shooting methods", and turned on "Voice commands". Now when I want to take a photo I just say, "Shoot", and it takes a picture. No more camera vibration.

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@michaelallen5505 Oh hell yeah! I'll have to try that out! Thanks!

[@lewisyuu]

ive got a tree that just so happens to block my path to it

[@andresar171]

Genial👏👏👏

[@angelogarciajr5356]

I thought I had figured out my settings tonight now watching this has me all messed up?

[@LunassSpace]

i photographed it last night

[@privateprivate8244]

Third night in a row the comet and its allies the clouds have won. But I will persist.

[@michprent]

What WB do you use on android?

[@MunroMcLaren]

Why did you stack the photos? If I take a few and only use one, will that be fine?

[@davidaaaa4611]

I have looked for the comet for 5 nights in a row and never saw it. I have seen many comets before. Guess this one is to close to the bright lights of a city.

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@davidaaaa4611 This one has been very close to the horizon. If you are in a city it will be really hard to see. And it happened to be a full moon week. Let's see if it's still visible in the next few nights as the Moon is rising later and later.

[@davidaaaa4611]

@@deltaastrophotography I see venus easy and it is high above Venus, I will take my larger telescope out tonight and try to view it. Thanks for the video and your advice.

[@davidaaaa4611]

@@deltaastrophotography never could find it. City lights to bright.

[@larrywilliams5708]

Nice, new viewer here. Mind sharing which iPhone that was?

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@larrywilliams5708 it was an iPhone 13. Not the pro version.

[@larrywilliams5708]

@@deltaastrophotography Thanks, I guess I’ll upgrade from my old iPhone 8+ lol!

[@starsandnightvision]

I recorded it in night vision last night. Video on my channel.

[@HokageNarsRider]

Im living in the city is it possible to capture the comet using my s23 ultra or iphone 15 pro max?

[@MunroMcLaren]

Why did it say F00? 8:16

[@johncarter591]

So this Comet only Northern Hemisphere?

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@johncarter591 No it's also in the Southern Hemisphere just after sunset in the West. But it's getting dimmer each night. Go for it while you can!

[@MyoDest]

It is C/2023 because it was discovered in 2023

[@MarcoMarkovich]

Think the title is wrong isn’t it the C/2023 not the C/2024?

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@MarcoMarkovich good catch! Thanks

[@frankplampkin]

I don see it I've been looking around venues and nothing.

[@deltaastrophotography]

@@frankplampkin The moon has been too bright for me to see it in the last few nights.

[@r.venkatramani9026]

C/2024 A3 ❌ C/2023/A3 ✅

[@ogulcanyolcu8714]

The last image is so good. I'm sure if it's true but the tip of the comet looks like the actual stone. There's a little shadow in the front. I've never seen a such detail of a comet.