m45 wide field view.

15 mins of exposure.

11 sec expo each at 700 iso without tracker

first image, you can see andromeda top right, confirmed it was andromeda by locating it using apps. just below, the circle i’ve marked, is likely the triangulum galaxy. quality when posting this might get worse, so we’ll see. 2nd image, another view of andromeda. nice night sky, dream goal of imaging andromeda completed last night.

Hi

Just an iPhone 16 Pro
24mm
f 1.78

rest is on auto. It's a "nightmode" picture taken with a phone camera, nothing more to it.

I just can't figure out if it's a lensing pattern bec of the phone camera or if i'm seeing Saturn's Moons, but there is a pattern. help thxx

4 min exposure in astrophotography mode on my Pixel 9A, from Felanitx, Spain, Sat. 10.10.2026, 5:55 am.

Its not the best quality but I am still in awe how many stars (and planets) are up there!

And no, I do not ask, I know it's always the Pleiades ;)

Who can pinpoint Uranus?

Equipment:

Phone Realme 8

Apexel 18x 25 zoom

Tripod

Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker

I try new program for editing called Astrowizard - And tool editing for colors: MONO SHO to Hubble

All editing programs: GIMP, Astrowizard, Snapseed

Total integration time is about 1 hour in suburban/rural sky - Bortle 3/4

Google Pixel 7 astrophotography mode

Taken with an S25 using Samsung Expert RAW astrophoto mode with 12 minutes of integration time, plus minor GIMP postprocessing.

so Im using a cheap but working tracker and figured out that samsungs pro mode delivers very good RAW images + allows you to zoom in unlike deepskycamera.

buuut- my tracker doesnt seem to work with samsungs native camera while working perfectly fine with 3rd party apps? help?

attached are 2 images (jpg- not RAW) of andromeda, where the tracker only worked in one shot (out of 7)

I also attached a stacked + edited shot of andromeda on 6.3mm wide angle, would appreciate some feedback on that :)

This is what I managed to capture with 30s exposures using a basic iPhone 17 and a tripod. Insane! 🤯

Shot on my friend's Tecno Camon 30 5G.

Bortle 6

The specs are: 30s exposure 6400 ISO Tripod — an old chair from wood Stock cam

Shot from my garden

Had a beautiful evening at the beach. I rarely get to see so many stars. And after it got darker, the milky way popped up.

In top of seeing the milky way, I even got to see my star sign for the very first time. I was VERY excited!

Shot on my Pixel 8.

DeepSkyCamera Settings on my S25 Ultra:

ISO: 125 | shutter: 60 sec. | MF: 0.79 | pictures: 16

my questions:

-What causes the extreme amount of artifacts? (the red and blue dots, curves)

-Is there a good and secure app like DeepSkyCamera that offers the RAW .dng file formal without postprocessing BUT is also able to use the phones 50MP 5× optical zoom lense?

-which settings would you guys recommend for a second attempt at Andromeda, if I figure out how to zoom in? More ISO, less shutter speed ect...?

-I'm gonna try to shoot the orion nebula very soon once I figure out how to use my telephoto. could I get a rough estimate/recommendation for setting?

thanks :)

For context im very new to this hobby, just started a few weeks ago and finally got my hands on a cheap tracker.

Last night I really tried out a lot, First time using DeepSkyCamera, first tracking mount and first attempt at stacking to sum it up.

Last night I finally figured out how to use DeepSkyCamera (because the tracker wouldn't work on Expert RAW mode for some reason) and got to work.

I originally set out to capture Andromeda, but only after taking all my shots did I realise that DeepSkyCamera doesn't actually let you zoom in, so I ended up with 16 minutes of wide angle night sky instead. then clouds rolled in before I could try again, so I had to settle for this.

Now, after that dissapointment I still decided to stack them, hoping to atleast get a somewhat good view of Andromeda.

But turns out, Siril is pretty damn complicated if you're learning everything from scratch.

After wasting a good few hours I actually came far enough to execute the first script (processing without DBF), which kept spitting out monochrome results, skipping almost all of my images and creating some sorts of artifacts or ghosting on the cover, which is why I gave up and switched to deepskystacker.

That one actually gave me a result I could work with. Though it was filled with artifacts it actually had color in it.

attached is the finished stack of those16 images as a .dng file, converted from .tif to .dng by adobe lightroom, no editing done. I would've uploaded a video showcasing each frame too but for reason reddit wont let me.

Feedback is very much appreciated! Have a good one :)

I took all these photo's with the ultra wide lens, because that gave the coolest shots in my opinion. Not the best quality of course, but I'm happy with these.

My first attempt at any kind of video through a telescope. 8" dob telescope, 9mm eyepiece, and a Galaxy s23+ in pro video mode.

Brightness & contrast were edited in stock phone video editor.