My phone uses a rudimentary image-stabilization but once it’s fully dark, there is no “point of light” for the stabilizer to “focus” on.
I did get a photo of my backyard under full moonlight.
Will get one under full eclipse for contrast.
Interesting facts for the night shift...
Operation Shock and Awe was initiated under new moon.
Every military in the world prefers to operate on foreign soil when no moonlight is present.
We are about to fall under minimum light from the moon this morning.
The USAF had a SpecOps bird arriving in the US around midnight.
Related or unrelated?
I’m getting slivers of the fully lit moon here and there between the clouds, but I’m not seeing the red. But I’m determined to at least spot it out there. I’ve photographed them before, but this is my first time using the equatorial tracking mount. It’s basically a cheap version of what higher dollar telescopes use.