I use my cell phone...

> @Diabeł Boruta That's great and all for normal photography, but astro-photography is different. You don't take pics for aesthetics. In astrophotography you take pics for data.
@kyzercube

I used to, but cellphones are severely limited because of the size of the CMOS chip

99% of my videos are made with a ZTE cellphone 😛

I just now bought a DLSR and am only now learning how to use it

Well mine was made in the U.S

I bought mine 3 years ago. I get a pass lol

Lol

In 1910

🤣

For the most part I use this rollex

This was from the same telescope with my ZTE cellphone. It's the Christmas comet from late 2018. https://puu.sh/FIb60/6d7dce04fd.png

I have a crappy EQ mount. Never polar aligns good, hence the blotchy stars. This was a long 60 second exposure. A DSLR can do the same in just 1 second of exposure because of the much larger CMOS chip size.

In the telescope world, bigger is always better 😛

Here's a photo from the rollex

I can almost see a Corona virus!!

Here's a better one 😂

Now that's cool 👍

Now this one is from my phone

This is what I meant earlier about exposure. Many times in astrophotography, we HAVE to over-expose for certain things to reveal themselves. Almost all the small dots around this overexposed image of Saturn are actually moons https://puu.sh/G1v1y/bdb56733b6.png

They reflect so little light that ( depending on the size of your CMOS chip or image collector ) you actually HAVE to overexpose

Now I want to go find my old telescope

is it a reflector or refractor and what's the aperture?

Your camera skills are very good. I'm literally an SLR novice. Just now getting my feet wet lol

nice stuff ppl

I just know telescopes and astronomy. Camera stuff for me is something I'm just now jumping into

amazing that ole rolex works so well.

or perhaps I should not be surprized

I don't remember what it is, but it looks like this I found it in a scrapyard a few years back @kyzercube

@Diabeł Boruta I had a SLR ( film ) but it got destroyed in the 2016 flood. I live in Louisiana, the area where that massive flood happened back then.

@Diabeł Boruta OMG 🤤 Peer mounted too

That looks like somthing from starwars, super cool

You found that in a scrapyard!!!??

I want to take it to bed with me!!

lol

I believe it an old Contraves EOTS Cinetheodolite Telescope Missile Tracker

I bet its not light in weight

No, It is not.

But mines is a lot more rusty

That's the thing about telescopes. The heavier the mount, the better it is.

Peer mounts, like this one are literally at the top of the amateur astronomer's wish list.