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36: Stargazing with Team Supermassive

The Supermassive Podcast

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Taking Astrophotography With a Smartphone Slash Camera

You've really got to get a mount for whatever telescope you're using. Make sure it doesn't wobble around because there's nothing more annoying than trying to look through a telescope and having it jump around if even somebody stands near it. The images you can get are so, so good, especially if you're trying to capture something like Jupiter or Saturn that is incredibly bright. You know, as Robert was saying before, if you have a telescope that has a motor to track something, that's the only time that you can get like long exposure shots for something that's a lot fainter. Otherwise with a telescope and a long exposure shot on your camera, you're going to get

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