Astronomy Adventure – Finding Neptune

Even at the highest magnifications that I can realistically get with 4.5 inch telescope, the planet Neptune is virtually indistinguishable from a star. So the only way to really know you have seen it is to track its movements over the course of a few days. These two photos were take about a week apart in late September of this year and you can see how Neptune has moved in relation to the background stars.

Technical details:

Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on
Magnification: ~30x
Camera: iPhone6 using NightCap Pro; ISO 8000
Photos: 1×15 sec. image