First photo with Celestron 4"

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WilliamWood
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First photo with Celestron 4"

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Moon on 5/27 at ELO star party using Celestron 4" with Samsung S21
Moon on 5/27 at ELO star party using Celestron 4" with Samsung S21
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This is the scope my boy won at Astronomy Day! Using a Celestron adaptor to hold the phone and a Celestron moon filter.
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So cool! I hope he was as excited about this as everything else at the star party saturday :)
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Oh, he was! And minutes after heading out after the star party, he was zonked out hard!
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This is great to hear! Nice first shot. I think my first astro photo was star trails.
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