But what about beginners who have nothing more than the 'phone in their pocket? On their behalf, I have been doing some experimenting.
My attempts to catch lunar and solar surface details have failed - dismally!
I can capture the lunar phase but it is underwhelming, if you have a
What I HAVE been able to to is capture planetary and lunar/planetary conjunctions. True, I have done a lot of photo processing but the tools I use (GraXpert and
A couple of recent examples are here:
So a budget of a few grand helps but is not totally necessary to make a start in astrophotography.