03 February 2025

More stargazing

 The weather over the last couple of weeks has been, shall we say, challenging 😁. Fitted one night of stargazing in in the Wicklow Mountains, but the wind was so bad that I couldn’t take any pictures. Need a steadier tripod / bracket combination. 

Did however manage some backyard shots with the iPhone and a new app. The app is called AstroShader and it is a free app. I am suitably impressed. It takes a series of pictures and automatically stacks them. 

The results are quite good. 

Image 1

This picture of Orion with Jupiter and Aldebaran to the right taken from my backyard in a class 7 bortle sky. I’m impressed. 

Was also able to capture this one with the crescent moon and Venus the other night. 

Image 2

Tried another setup last night. Let’s just say that it was less than stellar. 

But I think I am on the right track. Some more experimentation required. 


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