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Just watching the eclipse! :wink: 8-)
As old as the sun is; it will still be here after we are gone!

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Was that a phone alone, or a phone held up to the eyepiece of a telescope?
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With a telescope of course.. I don't think any phone can take a picture like that :)
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Ok, thanks. I have zero experience actually taking pics of anything higher in the sky than the top of a house or tree!
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It is easy if you have a small telescope. Mine was an 8 inch Dobsonian, I installed a solar filter and attached my phone camera to the eyepiece.. I have zero experience with actual cameras though. I have not even held a real good camera in my hands.. but photography is fun and even though it is just my phone and my telescope and with no editing skills, I find photographing fun :)

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Stunning view! I saw the eclipse last week too :)
Here is a picture I took with my phone :D
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Was that a phone alone, or a phone held up to the eyepiece of a telescope?
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With a telescope of course.. I don't think any phone can take a picture like that :)
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Ok, thanks. I have zero experience actually taking pics of anything higher in the sky than the top of a house or tree!

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Stunning view! I saw the eclipse last week too :)
Here is a picture I took with my phone :D
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Was that a phone alone, or a phone held up to the eyepiece of a telescope?
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With a telescope of course.. I don't think any phone can take a picture like that :)

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Stunning view! I saw the eclipse last week too :)
Here is a picture I took with my phone :D
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Was that a phone alone, or a phone held up to the eyepiece of a telescope?

Stunning view! I saw the eclipse last week too :)
Here is a picture I took with my phone :D

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I think we can also observe the flickering of the granules of the photosphere.
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Off topic, but I think I recognize your name. Are you the person who has taken all those pictures of galaxies and nebulas that are freely available to the public on Wikimedia?

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I think we can also observe the flickering of the granules of the photosphere.

[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221102.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_221102.jpg[/img] [size=150]A Partial Eclipse of an Active Sun[/size][/url]

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