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Finding the target: aiming a phone at something your eyes cannot see
Andromeda spans six full Moons and stays invisible to the naked eye. Degrees measured with your fist, a scouting frame as a finder, wide-angle star hops.
Focusing on stars with a phone: why autofocus gets it wrong
In the dark, autofocus has nothing to grab onto. How to get your phone to true infinity, lock it there, and catch the night quietly shifting it again.
The Milky Way on your phone: the complete guide to getting started
When to see the Milky Way, where to find dark skies and how to shoot it with your phone: tripod, settings, live stacking and honest expectations.
Seven mistakes everyone makes when they first point a phone at the night sky
Tripod, digital zoom, auto ISO, the wrong night out: the seven mistakes almost all of us make in our first sky photos with a phone, and how to avoid them.
The Moon with your phone: a practical guide
Exposure, phases, terminator, zoom, tripod and stacking: how to photograph the Moon with a smartphone without turning it into a burnt white dot.
The minimal gear you need to photograph the sky with your phone
Tripod, clamp and little else: what you actually need to photograph the sky with a phone, what costs nothing, and what can stay in the cart.
