iPhone 11 Pro Tried astrophotography on my pro max. Holy cow I can’t believe this is a phone pic...

[Advil]

Nice, but what's that red dot upper left. Is that Mars?

i'm pretty certain it's just lens flare from the lighthouse
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If this is night mode, why are there shadows? Night mode does not use a flash.

there was a light source to the left (headlights). the flash wouldn't make it that far lol the lighthouse is like 100 yards away on a small island.

 

[Beards]

i'm pretty certain it's just lens flare from the lighthouse
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there was a light source to the left (headlights). the flash wouldn't make it that far lol the lighthouse is like 100 yards away on a small island.

It is Lens Flare. Look at the red arc coming off the lighthouse. It cuts perfectly at 0 degree running up and along the line. The red dot is then the extremity of the Lens Flare cutting point.

 

[joeblough]

It is Lens Flare. Look at the red arc coming off the lighthouse. It cuts perfectly at 0 degree running up and along the line. The red dot is then the extremity of the Lens Flare cutting point.

yeah i solved the image with astrometry.net and then checked sky safari - there's no bright red star there.

http://nova.astrometry.net/annotated_full/3649286

had to chop off the lighthouse since it wouldn't solve with the rocks and stuff in the field; the star extractor thought there were a bunch of extraneous stars all in the rocks...

 

[ET iPhone Home]

i'm pretty certain it's just lens flare from the lighthouse
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there was a light source to the left (headlights). the flash wouldn't make it that far lol the lighthouse is like 100 yards away on a small island.

Ok thanks, I thought, maybe, you captured the red planet, or some meteor. Very cool photo by the way.

 

[markol]

I have a few night mode shots as well that have those lens flare artifacts.... is it normal to have those?

 

[magamen]

Fabulous shots, thanks for sharing!

 

[jjd]

stock camera app using night mode

But what app are you using that will show you the EXIF data?

 

[Beards]

But what app are you using that will show you the EXIF data?

Is it that one in particular or are you looking for one to use?

 

[jjd]

Is it that one in particular or are you looking for one to use?

It was that one. But I found it - Metapho. Works pretty well.

 

[bether]

Wow! Really great night sky photos made by iPhone 11 pro. I did photo of Orion constellation by iPhone XR.

 

[1rottenapple]

Wow

 

[Patcell]

hi friends! i’m an astrophotographer from boston. made the trip up to maine for the last milky way shoot of the year and thought i’d give my new phone a whirl.

it’s not the milky way but wow!
more of my work can be found here

hoping clear skies continue tonight so i can try a shot of the galactic core.
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Holy crap... nice shot! Please keep sharing.

 

[M33-1]

It’s ok, but you still can’t focus on the moon...just a big hazy ball in the sky. Still need a DSLR.

 

[gwhizkids]

It’s ok, but you still can’t focus on the moon...just a big hazy ball in the sky. Still need a DSLR.

I noticed that as well. You would think that the various lunar features visible even with the naked eye would give the Focus pixels something to lock on to. My guess is that the Moon’s magnitude, set against the completely black background causes the issue.

 

[Beards]

It’s ok, but you still can’t focus on the moon...just a big hazy ball in the sky. Still need a DSLR.

You can... This one i took last year on my XS Max

 

[gwhizkids]

You can... This one i took last year on my XS Max View attachment 868591

Handheld or on a tripod? Interesting that you were able to do this with the branches in the frame. Focus on infinity?

 

[Beards]

Handheld or on a tripod? Interesting that you were able to do this with the branches in the frame. Focus on infinity?

Handheld... Press & Hold the sky as near as you can to the Moon until you see AE/AF Lock appear at the top of the screen. Then let go and quickly repress on the exposure control and drag it right down until the moon no longer shines bright. Now you have AE/AF Lock and Exposure set..... Take the shot, job done. 👍

 

[m0sher]

I’m going up north to Payson Arizona today camping, there’s some spectacular views of the stars.

Is there any thing I should know before I take these photos that I have to do to the camera settings?

I would truly appreciate it.

 

[The.Glorious.Son]

I’m going up north to Payson Arizona today camping, there’s some spectacular views of the stars.

Is there any thing I should know before I take these photos that I have to do to the camera settings?

I would truly appreciate it.

Honestly just having a tripod of any quality will do you the most justice. No matter how steady the hands, the phone can detect the slightest movement which will decrease the exposure time. With the tripod, you can manually slide the exposure time to a maximum 30 seconds which will make a difference.

 

[m0sher]

So I took my hand at trying some Astrophotography pictures while I was up north this weekend.

The moon was full and very bright I don’t think my pictures came out as good as it could have. Seems the moons light over exposed things. You can even see the reflection of the moon on the leaves, making some tress look like a Christmas tree.

I’m still impressed that these are pictures taken in complete darkness with an iPhone camera none the less.

This one was just a three second shot straight up in the air holding it by hand.

 

[nordique]

stock camera app using night mode

Absolutely amazing picture! Wow

 

[Beards]

So I took my hand at trying some Astrophotography pictures while I was up north this weekend.

The moon was full and very bright I don’t think my pictures came out as good as it could have. Seems the moons light over exposed things. You can even see the reflection of the moon on the leaves, making some tress look like a Christmas tree.

I’m still impressed that these are pictures taken in complete darkness with an iPhone camera none the less.

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You nailed it with this one... but what happened to the EXIF data?

 

[bether]

iPhone XR and Nightcap. Cassiopeia and Cepheus constellations.

 

[gwhizkids]

iPhone XR and Nightcap. Cassiopeia and Cepheus constellations. View attachment 869630

Maybe one of the most impressive things is that the stars appear even despite the massively brighter structure in the image. The dynamic range this is capable of is off the charts...

 

[HEK]

Not even close to shots made buy guys earlier in this tread, but nevertheless I am really impressed with iPhone night shots (fire on the first shot is just my cigar, that I was smoking in the time of making shot, accidentally did get in shot).
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Thanks for warning about cigar. Though it was a gamma ray burst heading our way. Was already kissing my kister goodby.