This is probably the beginning of a series of posts where I will upload pictures that I've taken with my tablet through my National Geographic MT114PM Newtonian reflector telescope.
Moon/Luna (The images of the moon during the day was the following day after me and my dad picked up the telescope from our local Hobby Lobby):

Mars (Really sad about how these two turned out. :/ ):

Jupiter:

Well at least amateur astrophotography since I can't get the actual equipment, at least till I get a job when I finish grade 12. Once this happens, I'm going to save up big time and then hopefully buy one of the beginner telescopes and then be able to provide you all with better quality images. Until then I will keep looking to the stars and try to keep my best at getting better resolution with my tablet's camera. I also would've had an image with Jupiter's belts in the image, just I couldn't get my tablet to cooperate and the telescope to focus enough, but I actually saw the two dark red/brown belts.

Let me know if the picture load for any of you.

17.2k CanadaDucK

Very Cool! I am researching & considering getting a Telescope, I look forward to your Pics!

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2,416 Gen3ralInterstel1ar

@Wenhop Well thank you for the tips, I'll see what I can do to improve the pictures.

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2,028 Wenhop

@Gen3ralInterstel1ar Yeah it’s hard with a phone. I’d recommend getting a dew strip to make the images crisper & wait until winter when the air is driest. Also a polarizing filter for the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter has proven to be SUPER helpful for me.

@Wenhop Thanks, I had decided to try and take images of them the night I had seen the Jovian moons around Jupiter. And while not in detailed images, I have the YouTube channel AstroBackyard to thank for getting me interested in astrophotography.

Yeah the planets are pretty hard to picture, but good first attempt!

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@Gen3ralInterstel1ar rip

@HorizonsTechnologies Don't feel bad they don't load for me either and I've tried both my Tablet and my laptop.

can’t see them. On mobile iOS.

22.0k Zenithspeed

nice
my father has a decently good telescope but neither him or me have used it in years, i'd probably use it if i could but i can rarely go up to his room since he's busy working
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@Zenithspeed Well I've had to mess with the white balance and light intensity on my Samsung Tab A 10.1 for the picture of the moon at night. Other than that, the rest aside from mars were taking with my tablet controlling everything, I was just there to point the telescope and capture the picture.

man, those look lit, i can't even get a normal picture of the moon with my ipad without it looking like the sun

My possible step into Space photography. (Images are possibly unavailable)

Let me know if the picture load for any of you.

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