How to photograph the Moon with a Smartphone and a Telescope

[@nhanhunhanhu]

This is perfect! Thanks for taking care of us lower budget folk. Many thumbs up.

[@NebulaPhotos]

Your comment on my other video definitely inspired me to do this one, and I'm very glad I did. It was a lot of fun, and a nice change of pace for me to shoot the moon as I'm usually avoiding the moon :) Glad that you enjoyed it!!

[@nhanhunhanhu]

@@NebulaPhotos And you seem like you are having fun. Small budgets can allow for some good times. I actually have a phone holder and also a compact camera, but haven't been around to use them fully. Winter was harsh in my country. I like seeing more videos of you. I hope you get what you look for.

[@jadenbrayan8293]

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[@tofifichannel7199]

Dam 3 years ago

[@gblan]

You can also set the camera for a 3 second shutter release delay. Much smoother than having to touch the screen.

[@christophersellers4018]

Or use an Apple Watch to do it remotely

[@whocares4574]

or just use voice controls (if available obv)

[@WezBlu]

How

[@flyme2themoon720]

Anyone new to astrophotography like i am , Nico Carver is a great photographer and the only source ill go to for accurate and detailed info..i was overwhelmed with all the choices in gear,the right settings on gear,best times to shoot and then came editing.....Nicos vids where he walks through entire process are invaluable..Best on KZbin in this field of work by far!!

[@AL-zp9hr]

Out of all my hobbies I don’t think I’ve ever seen a KZbin channel as useful and well explained for beginners as this one. Well done.

[@gabrielmurdoch5707]

I took a few videos of the moon for the first time today using my telescope and I was wondering why it was so bright, but this video has answered my question. Today's moon phase is "WAXING GIBBOUS" which means that 90% of the moon is visible. For a better picture, I will need to wait for a third quarter moon phase! Thanks for the video!

[@jmKali]

Thank you 🥰🙏❤️✨🌙

[@Humberto-F7]

Thanks for the explanation !!! 🇺🇾

[@bazzinator7477]

Thanks...very well explained and helpful.

[@grottonisred6541]

This is just what I was looking for...brilliant👍👍👍

[@marcdenton2996]

Shadows are always important including terrestrial photography when the “golden hour” is morning and eventing twilight.

[@specialized415]

Thank you Nico.. clear skies my friend 👍🏻✌🏻

[@NebulaPhotos]

Same to you!!

[@Kemagic]

Fantastic, thank you.

[@carolynmiller3254]

Who else is getting ready for the pink moon🤗

[@knightclan4]

Down the rabbit hole we go!

[@waynethebarber1095]

A very nice video, you gave us a lot of information... I have a Mead 2040 4 inch SC. Could I use this to photograph something like Saturn or Jupiter? I know it would be small in the frame but to be able to see Saturn's rings or Jupiter's moons and get a picture of it will be fun. Would this type of photography work for a situation like that? I know from photography a lot of times a not so good picture is better than no picture at all....

[@NebulaPhotos]

Yes, it would, and the phone adapter that fits onto the eyepiece makes that kind of photography much easier.

[@astro_by_sona]

I have an 8” skywatcher collapsible dobsonian and I use iPhoneXS to do astrophotography 😊

[@NebulaPhotos]

Awesome! Clear skies, Nico

[@troyhunter4740]

awesome stuff Nico,. I'm still trying to get my head around all the adapters to use an eyepiece with a DSLR!!. Looking forward to the next video!

[@NebulaPhotos]

I have so many adapters. It can be a real headache. Thanks for watching!

[@troyhunter4740]

@@NebulaPhotos would be an interesting video to run through with us all your adapters and how they all go together!.. that's something i would really learn from that's for sure!

[@NebulaPhotos]

@@troyhunter4740 Good idea, I will add it to the list. I'd probably limit the video to my 10 most used adapters. I have way too many!

[@brianroberts5740]

Kudos and both thumbs up!!! I have several scopes, a couple 70mm refractory, and 2 reflectors. A Bresser Aurora 150mm and an old school Tasco 127mm white metal tube. The Bresser has a 1.25" eyepiece and the Tasco is the itty bitty. 75". I've tried the afocal method and it's really hard to align the camera and eyepiece. I even have a clamp to hold the camera/phone place but it's still not all that easy.

[@Kamcams]

Thanks so much for this basic guide to lunar photography. It has really helped

[@pss2755]

Thank you for explaining so well.

[@Shivamkhandelwal]

Thanks so much for sharing such detailed information explained in simplest way. Subscribed and will stay tuned for more videos from you :)

[@anangambarman4606]

Very interesting stuff here mate. Love from india. Namaste! 🙏

[@kevinashley478]

Hey Nico, i cant find the follow up video. Can you post the link?

[@millionaireclub1193]

Neither item I own. Came across this by accident. But this is pretty cool. Thanks for sharing. I have tried to get a picture of the moon with just my cell. Well, we all know how that works out.

[@stewartlife]

Thanks for sharing this! I’m still wondering if anyone know, how to make so that the eyepiece circle disappear (so that around the moon itself is dark or black?)

[@Player24]

*WOW my wallpaper on my phone is literally the photo you took.*

[@dustinsmith7910]

I agree thanks man your asome appreciate it your easy to understand so thank you 100%

[@bushcraftandastronomer.3775]

Very enjoyable video to watch and GREAT image of the Moon from your phone. First time I tried this was in 2013 and I used Samsung Galaxy Ace and wasn't expecting good shots and I saw my results and they were good from a camera that was 5MP. I must say I love doing smartphone astrophotography after that time and I own the amazing Pixel 4 smartphone that has had so much hype because of its astrophotography mode. Sadly I've not tested it under dark skies due to covid-19 pandemic. I've used it under Bortle 6 skies. I've decided to do my astrophotography in the highlands of Scotland as many places there have dark skies locations because I'm fed up with light pollution here. I also own the Hauwei p20 and p20 pro as both are great in low light. Have you thought about getting the Pixel 4? Doing the Moon first is a good step and I've seen deep sky objects with a smartphone that would be nice. Thanks for sharing and stay safe!!!

[@NebulaPhotos]

Great ideas! I bought a Huawei P30 Pro for trying deep sky / milky way with it. I got some results that were okay, but I really want to dive into this subject more next summer. Maybe I will try the Pixel phone too.

[@throwinbubbs]

Hold on, Nico can you make a video about that telescope set up? How did you get it out of the mount it comes with and how did you hook it up to that mount? I have that same one but the go to mount broke.

[@pvczx11]

I know its an older video but found it very informative!! I recently picked up a used ETX 90 and have played with in the backyard with the kids. Would love to connect my Canon DSLR to it as you mentioned at the end of this video. Di you ever make such a video? Could you share that link?

[@NebulaPhotos]

Shortly after I made this video, the pandemic started and I didn't have access to the Meade ETX 90 as I borrowing it from where I work. Then I forgot to make that follow up video. I'll put it back on my list and maybe make it this Spring after the Omicron surge ends and we are allowed back in the office.

[@pvczx11]

@@NebulaPhotos looking forward to it. Keep up the great work with these super informative videos.

[@CHlNGK1997]

I would like to know how the get the mount that you have. I have a hard time getting a set of rings for the ETX 90 optical tub so that I can put it on a Vixen-type dovetail tripod

[@bigtdynamite528]

Thanks 🙏🏻 very informative video. Hoping to take our first photo of the moon 🌓 tonight (clear sky depending!).

[@NebulaPhotos]

Awesome, Good luck and wishing you clear skies! The moon can be pretty though even with some passing clouds in the field of view. Cheers, Nico

[@markhall4656]

Recently been using my skywatcher 200p with my S21 ultra, ive had some great results Also, inspired by your other videos, bought a DSLR. Thanks for your work!

[@Kemagic]

Brilliant, I've just bought one of those telescopes I've got it in my bedroom, just learning , any tips would be greatly appreciated my friend. Kev

[@Liliahna]

Time stamp for where he took the pic?

[@gabo_1439]

For some reason my pictures of the moon look like a bright lightbulb, the brightness doesn’t let me get any detail. How could I fix that? It’s an iPhone 11 btw

[@NebulaPhotos]

On my iPhone when I tap on right on the moon on the screen, it adjusts the focus and brightness so the moon looks good. If that doesn't work, I'd suggest having a backup camera app ready that allows you to adjust the exposure manually. NightCap app is one I've used.

[@gabo_1439]

@@NebulaPhotos Thanks man, I’ll check if I can fix my pictures like that

[@letszoomit365]

Thanks Nico 🤩🙏👌🌗

[@gimkoau]

Coo video. What I noticed with my very cheap telescope ($50 one) that the phone pics up the image in circular form as you would see with the naked eye when looking through it, so for example in the day time you get a black square with the rounded image in the middle. Is there any method of being able to get rid of the circular effect, i.e. getting a more square image (essentially trimming the the circle to form a square. Do you need better equipment to achieve that? or the nature of a how a telescope works will always mean the same outcome?

[@NebulaPhotos]

That is normal for this technique, and it is a combination of how wide angle the lens on your phone is AND the nature of the eyepiece. With the telescope, phone and eyepiece I used there was circular vignetting, but I only really noticed it during daytime testing. If the vignetting is cutting in to the moon (or whatever you are shooting) the only recourse is to pick a different eyepiece. Bigger numbers in mm on the eyepiece will give you wider view and therefore less likely for the circular vignette to be a problem (you can simply crop it away).

[@johnwilliamsscuba6487]

Okay my friend I am not a professional by any stretch of the imagination however what I do once I get the moon into my camera is I switch it to manual mode then I adjust ISO to 50 and the shutter as necessary to get it into Focus. Because my phone would just give me a white blob with all that magnified Moonlight coming through am I doing something wrong I don't know but my results are pretty good let me know thanks a lot

[@NebulaPhotos]

Sounds right to me. All phone's camera software is a bit different so I just showed on the iPhone since it is one of the most popular smartphones, but if you have manual control over shutter and ISO you should be able to get even better results. Clear skies, Nico

[@johnwilliamsscuba6487]

@@NebulaPhotos I get pretty good results

[@adazz66]

Hi what settings do you prefer to shot moon with 500mm telescope and about 10mm lens + Mi Note 10 which have 108mp sensor? FOCUS, SHUTTER SPEED, ISO AND JPEG/RAW?

[@NebulaPhotos]

Try, RAW: 1/100 shutter, 200 ISO, focus (touch, or manual if you can adjust with live view).

[@ciachetti]

Great video. thank-you

[@Pyramidalist]

Since the Smartphones have better lenses and more pixel ... is it worth to make some hu dered photos during some days for stacking them on a pc ... videos often have less resolurion ... I agree in snapseed ... I edited Orion nebula and some more astropictures with it and put them in instagram.

[@CasualPrince]

Great video. Thank you.

[@RaysAstrophotography]

Smart tool Nico!

[@NebulaPhotos]

Thanks Ray!

[@saritabensenjalia4993]

I have a problem that the phone is not able to get photo as the brightness of the moon is too much.

[@constellationshots3893]

can you do a nebula or galaxies with a phone and a telescope, it doesn't have to bee too detailed but is it possible? I have some apps that let me go up to 30 min subs, so basically and I can controll the iso, it's like a dslr with a smaller sensor.

[@NebulaPhotos]

Try it and let me know. Definitely something I'm interested in. Esp. If your telescope tracks.

[@mikeoliver198]

Thank you.

[@raziqkanani7059]

great vid, informative and high quality. thanks!

[@NebulaPhotos]

Thanks Raziq!

[@keeplookingup911]

I use a refractor telescope and Android smartphone. My images suffer from chromatic aberration. The moon usually has blue and orange hue around it. How should i get ride of it??

[@NebulaPhotos]

A physical solution would be a minus violet filter, but those are expensive enough that you might be better off buying a cheap mirror-based scope. If you can edit your photos on a computer with GIMP or Photoshop: make a slightly fuzzy circular selection around the moon (excluding the blue/orange fringe), invert selection, fill with black. Hope this helps. I hope to get more in to editing lunar shots, but I am a bit behind on stuff now since my computer crashed.

[@keeplookingup911]

Nebula Photos Thanks 🤗

[@LifeOfPabs]

any tips how to do this with a phone with three or more than one camera? or would you use a similar process using the same Carson Hookupz tool?

[@NebulaPhotos]

Just center the Hookupz over the camera lens on the phone you want to use.

[@woncameron24]

how come i cannot get the iphone to see through a 25mm eyepiece?

[@kisho2679]

How would you use a smartphone as a Finderscope?

[@NebulaPhotos]

Check out my most recent video. Still helps to have a finder as well, but maybe not necessary if the compass on your smartphone is working better than mine. Basically, you use a planetarium app + platesolving.

[@SarokaDM]

What lens did you use? Would a 12 mm lens with my iPhone XS work ?

[@NebulaPhotos]

Yes. Any cell phone/lens is fine.

[@SarokaDM]

Nebula Photos thx for letting me know.

[@waspliver7275]

Been wanting to send my friend the moon for days, hoping this will work. Forgot to leave the edit, I don’t have the clip haha, so no go for me

[@GarnettLeary]

Great video for folks wanting a start. Nice job.

[@NebulaPhotos]

Thanks Garnett!

[@jamesdavies3223]

Deep sky camera ( android app) is a must if taking photos using a phone.

[@AleCo_reviews_stuff]

I have a 70/700 refractor, I have mounted the phone to the eye-piece but all photos seem out of focus. Any advice? when I look with the eye it looks crisp but the photo is soft. used 10s timer to remove vibration from handling it.

[@NebulaPhotos]

Sometimes, I've found I have to refocus after attaching the phone. It's very easy to change the focus accidentally when mounting the phone to the eyepiece.

[@sianjames8911]

New to the telescope world and I would appreciate a video on how to locate planets, stars to show my son who got his first Telescope for his birthday 😊

[@nathanbsh5622]

Hi! I’m fairly new too and you may have found already, but there is a great app called SkyView which allows you to locate any planet/messier object/star as well as the ISS and human-made satellites (Hubble Telescope). You just need to type in the object you want and it’ll show you on your phone both its position and trajectory in the sky. A particularly cool feature is that it shows the time at which the object will be at a certain point in the sky: it’s very useful whenever you check during the day if planets will appear in the sky tonight! The app costs like 2 or 3€ and it’s been completely worth it for the year I’ve used it. There exists other apps like this such as Skysafari but they are for advanced astronomers and I find them much less beginner friendly. Anyway, hope I helped! Clear skies to you and your son :)

[@robin9321]

Can anyone help me please?! I used to take pics through my telescope with a Samsung Galaxy A71 and they looked pretty good. But my A71 gave up on me, so I switched to the Xiaomi 13T Pro, which is supposed to have a better camera. When I try to take pics through my telescope, they look great in the view finder, but once I take them, they look like crap. Planets have a weird blur on them with rainbow colours around and most of the detail is lost, the moon is really noisy, especially in the dark areas around etc... Keep in mind, they look good in live view before taking them. I really need help with this. Thanks!

[@zuperblue1]

nice ive tried everything on the market with poor results, this looks like it will do the job

[@yannisgk]

i love carson optic products!!!btw, can you use hookupz 2 to also photograph sun with the appropriate filter???

[@NebulaPhotos]

Yes, but make sure it really is the appropriate filter or you risk melting your phone!

[@yannisgk]

@@NebulaPhotos i know, i know!!! 🙂

[@khaledhalim4453]

I have not téléphone 😭

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Neat!

[@auletjohnast03638]

🔵WOULD IT WORK WITH A ANDROID PHONE ALSO?🔴

[@NebulaPhotos]

Absolutely

[@daltonn1305]

Please make the video photographing the moon with a telescope and dslr!

[@krc029]

Well its cheap for countries like America but when it comes to turkey its 7 times bigger price than the normal

[@USDM_Jesus]

Nah my s21 with 30x zoom goes far enough for the moon and the s21 ultra with 100x is a whole other level

[@Lowmono]

Yooo 6s gang!!!! Although today I’m trading my phone in for an iPhone 13

[@ytaky]

100 to 125€ for a small plastic adaptor? My German made 10x50 binoculars cost half that...

[@Oxizee]

did you ever made the video photographing the moon with a DSLR?

[@NebulaPhotos]

Ha, no, whoops! The closest I got was I did make a little video on shooting planets with a DSLR and Dobsonian telescope.

[@detectiveamevirus8]

Better result use hight quality phone and adapter i was shot m45 with samsung s7 edge that image noisy and to much light pollutions = better use huawei p30 pro,sony xperia 1 or other good quality phone photo result be more better use DSLR,CCD,MIRROLESS CAMERA,OR POINT Andshoot

[@Damith.d]

I am looking from 700mm telescope 🔭 now

[@13_cmi]

Tgus ucgabbek us cakes bebula photos but you uploaded yourself taking photos of the moon to it? Mmmmmmmm the it me confused am I.