And yet that new iPhone 13 “night mode” camera takes a pretty decent photo without even a tripod…
Jupiter at top, just left of center, Saturn just a scooch above center to the left of the tree, the quarter moon setting between the tree and the house. Various other stars visible if you click on the image to blow the whole thing up to full sized.
No tripod, so this image shows a little blur and jiggle – but as I said, everything is in motion.
The Moon in its orbit around the Earth has now moved to be visible at this time of night. The Earth has rotated so that we’re in night. The trees are all blowing in 16 knot winds, gusting to 24 knots, so they’re waving about a bit. And I’m trying to hold the phone/camera as still as possible while standing in those winds as a faux tripod.
Yet – the picture is lovely.
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 