What’s the point of even getting this? Just go look at Hubble images at that point.
What’s the point of even getting this? Just go look at Hubble images at that point.
It forces the question: What is the point of amateur astrophotography?
If you just want to admire the results, go to https://welcome.astrobin.com/ for photos that are better than most people will ever have time or budget to accomplish in a lifetime.
So if you want to do it yourself, the end result is not the point of doing it.
The process of doing it yourself is really the only point, to enjoy doing it. The journey is the destination in astrophotography.
Since these automatic telescope cameras bypass the human process they fail at delivering that enjoyment and they also fail at delivering the end result quality.
So what is the purpose?
I don't think it's about getting the absolute perfect shot of the moon, but capturing an absolutely perfect shot of the moon in this moment, at this place; that kinda vibe. This holds even more true for distant celestial objects that you can clearly see in your telescope but look like a blur with your otherwise untuned camera.
“However, the core of that argument is that if you’re going to sit passively inside looking at a smartphone then you might as well be looking at images on the Internet.”