Samsung S25+ has a pretty cool new feature that lets you get up to 12 minutes of exposure. Looking forward to the next Aurora Borealis where I live for some nice photos! Not sure what causes the different colors though. The greenish one was taken on when the moon was out, reddish one was moonless.
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Interesting and nice imagen.
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I am going to be replacing this old phone with one of the Samsung Ultras just because the camera has a really good camera for astro.
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Yeah, definitely look into the specs and trade-in deals. The astro setting comes with the free camera add-on app called “Samsung Camera RAW” just so you know.
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Thanks, i was not aware of that
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Really nice images @CosmoWhale 
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I went to my local Verizon store to look at phones. I specifically was looking at the Samsung S24/25 Ultra. I was going to pull the trigger on it but guess what, they won’t take my old phone on trade, there is no way i am paying almost 1500 dollars for a phone.
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Ah that’s a shame. Yeah they’re definitely way too expensive to pay that much for. I guess as a last resort you could look at switching to other networks as that’ll get you some deals, but honestly the lines are so pricey anyway that I doubt it’s worth it.
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I have looked into switching carriers, but where i am at Verizon has the best coverage
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I am not a fan of apples stuff. When my aunt lived with us she had apple products and i never could get the hang ofvthem
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Its whatever you are used to.
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@Starrancher dial the number…i remember the old rotary phones quite well.
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@Starrancher remember back when you slammed the phone down hard, you could make the ringer ring. You could seriously hang up on someone then, try that with a cell phone and you will kill your phone
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@Starrancher i hear ya!!
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Freezing temps made for more great skies last night! My fingers were numb but it was worth it lol.
First one is a 12 minute wide exposure, second is telephoto 6 minutes. I believe the bright blue star in the second is Altair but I’m not sure.
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Try using less exposure to recognize known constellations.
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I see you get a good dark sky at your location.
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Taken from what location ?
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Thanks for the tip, will do!
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