Simar Singh
Welcome to my astro blog
Here are some photos I have taken so far. For the camera, I have been using an iPhone 14 pro max and the Sony a6400 with a T ring and 42mm adapter. All other pictures of planets, the moon and deep sky objects (coming soon !) were taken using an 8” Dobsonian telescope. I am quite new to astrophotography and still learning how to optimise camera settings and process/stack images. In the meantime, here are some of my favourite photos so far.
The following were taken on an iPhone 14 Pro Max, without any editing.
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Saturn (Taken using iPhone 14 Pro + 8” Dob)
This one is my first planetary image taken with my Dobsonian. I took this by putting an iPhone up to a 9mm eyepiece with a 2x Barlow lens. I was quite surprised with the result, as I was not expecting to see the rings of Saturn through the iPhone camera. I could also see the Cassini division (the dark gap in the rings) through the eyepiece when live viewing Saturn, although this did not come through in the iPhone photo.
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The Moon (Taken using Sony a6400 + 8” Dob)
The following is a raw, unedited image of a waxing crescent moon (30.4%) taken on 22/08/2023.
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Here is an edited version of the same image, using Adobe Lightroom.
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More coming soon !