I have been doing iPhone astrophotography since the beginning of time (which began after I got my first iPhone in 2007). After seeing what the iPhone 5s could do with the iOS app "NightCap Pro" (now called as "NightCap Camera"), I created this iPhone Astrophotography Album to showcase some of my images. There are other iPhone images in my other Photo albums. Also, see my Messier Catalog iPhone Astrophotography album. Click a thumbnail to see a larger version.
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Mercury 31 May 2013 Camera app iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF afocal 666X |
Sun-Tiangong-1 Transit sequence 25 September 2013 Camera app iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
Crater Copernicus 13 October 2013 Camera app iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 222X |
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Venus 31 December 2013 Camera app iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 444X |
Mars 2 May 2014 Camera app iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 666X |
Sagittarius & Milky Way 13 October 2014 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s |
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Perseus & M45 Pleiades 14 October 2014 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s |
Cassiopeia 22 October 2014 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s |
Partial Solar Eclipse in H-Alpha 23 October 2014 Camera app iPhone 5s PST Afocal 27X |
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M57 Ring Nebula 7 July 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
Double Cluster 29 September 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 48X |
M13 Globular Cluster in Hercules 22 November 2014 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
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M27 Dumbbell Nebula 7 July 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
M11 Wild Duck Cluster 4 August 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
M42 Orion Nebula 23 December 2014 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy (animated) 27 December 2014 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy 14 January 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 48X |
Zodiacal Light 7 February 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s |
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Orion 8 February 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s |
Zodiacal Light 9 February 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s |
Orion 13 February 2015 NightCap Pro LT/LB 10 minutes iPhone 5s piggyback |
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Cassiopeia 17 February 2015 NightCap Pro LE/LB 5 minutes iPhone 5s piggyback |
M31 Andromeda Galaxy 17 February 2015 NightCap Pro LE/LB 5 minutes iPhone 5s piggyback |
M42 Orion Nebula 6 March 2015 NightCap Pro (LE, LB, 3 2 minute exposures stacked) iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
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M45 Pleiades 8 March 2015 NightCap Pro (LE, LB, 5 2 minute exposures stacked) iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 48X |
NGC2024 Flame Nebula 8 March 2015 NightCap Pro (LE, LB, 5 2 minute exposures stacked) iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 48X |
M1 Crab Nebula 8 March 2015 NightCap Pro (LE, LB, 3 2 minute exposures stacked) iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 48X |
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Orion, Canis Major, Canopus 23 March 2015 NightCap Pro (LE, LB, 1/2sec exposure) iPhone 5s |
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy 23 March 2015 NightCap Pro (LE, LB, 2 minute exposure) iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
Occultation of 63 Tau 24 March 2015 Camera app iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 83X |
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Star Trails, Satellites, Airplanes 16 April 2015 NightCap Pro LT, LB, 1 hour exposure |
Omega Centauri globular cluster 18 June 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
M22 Globular Cluster 7 July 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
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M17 Swan Nebula 8 July 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
Dwarf Planet Ceres 6 September 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
Neptune 13 October 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
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NGC7662 Blue Snowball 13 October 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |
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Uranus Moons 13 October 2015 NightCap Pro iPhone 5s; 8" LX200-ACF Afocal 77X |