A gorgeous evening to see Saturn, Jupiter, and take my first chance at the milky way. New Jersey light pollution is no fun!
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I tried to see the astronaut craters near the Apollo 11 landing site with my new cheap webcam, but imperfect weather conditions foiled my attempts.
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I tried photographing the space station with my cell phone! I’ve tried using a cell phone before, but not since having a nice smartphone. I still need some work dialing in the exposure settings, but the results are VERY promising!
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I try again to get a picture of the space station through my webcam. Conditions weren't perfect but I got the camera settings much closer to what I was looking for.
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I've captured the space station from my phone and mirrorless camera before, but I'm starting to try with my new modified webcam. If the successes with Jupiter are any indication I may eventually get my best image yet!
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Using my new webcam I took another video of Jupiter rotating. I’m very happy with the clarity of this video compared to my previous attempts!
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A quick walkthrough of how I modified an $18 webcam to take pictures through my telescope.
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I modified a webcam to connect to my telescope and so far the results have been incredible! I’ve never captured Jupiter in so much detail!
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On a beautiful weekend night I spent two and a half hours taking pictures of Jupiter to see a time lapse of it rotating!
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To honor the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing I photographed the landing site. This time I FINALLY caught a glimpse of Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins craters!
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Good camera exposure settings and gorgeous weather rewarded me with my best image of Jupiter ever.
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A beautiful night to capture Jupiter! It's amazing what you can do with a ten year old telescope and a smartphone!
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Nothing says the start of summer like enjoying the fireflies!
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Jupiter was finally up at a reasonable hour, but atmospheric conditions didn't totally play along. The photo isn't what I was hoping for, but it's nice to see Jupiter again for the first time in almost a year!
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The clouds are finally clearing, the weather is warming, and I had a full moon coincide with a good space station pass. Hard to ask for more!
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I was finally able to get back outside after over a month of seemingly constant cloudy nights. I tried a photo stitch with stacked images of the moon. I get some additional clarity, but I’m not convinced it’s a huge jump in quality.
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A beautiful pass of the space station tonight! Sadly I lost tracking right at the peak of the pass, so I may have missed my big shot!
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Attempted to photograph craters under different lighting conditions,
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I’ve been waiting ages for this to line up, and the weather finally cooperated to get a picture of the space station and the moon
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Beautiful view of the space station tonight!
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