About DeepSkyCamera
This app is for astrophotography with your smartphone. You can take pictures with long exposure times like classical astrophotography with a DSLR or CCD/CMOS camera. DeepSkyCamera takes pictures of the stars including a...
This app is for astrophotography with your smartphone. You can take pictures with long exposure times like classical astrophotography with a DSLR or CCD/CMOS camera.
DeepSkyCamera takes pictures of the stars including a plan. You take the pictures in RAW format. Android uses the format DNG which can be processed with the well-known stacking software.
Astrophotography is not a 1 click solution and you should familiar with astronomy and astrophotography. The app is for astronomers who know what is a RAW file, what is stacking software and how to postprocess an image. The app is NOT a 1 click solution for pretty pictures without any work. This app helps astronomers and astrophotographers to take the images. You need knowledge about astrophotography and for some images you need a telescope.
The phone must support RAW mode and must support manual settings. The app checks the support of RAW and manual settings during startup. Most of the cheaper phones doesn't support RAW and manual settings (like Samsung A and J, Huawei P10 lite). High end phones (Samsung S, Huawei P9, P10 and P20, LG G4 to G7) support RAW.
You can take light, flats, bias and dark frames. Its very similar to take pictures with a classical DSLR oder CCD/CMOS camera. After that you can do the post-processing with other stacking software as well as with other software for image processing.
App can focus automatically to infinity, hyperfocal and of course manual focus.
The maximum ISO depends on the camera sensor. Most sensors limiting the ISO value to 800. You can type in a higher value but the sensor wil set it to maximum ISO level of the sensor. LG G supports ISO until 6400, Google Pixel until 12800.
Its the same for the exposure time. Most of the sensors limiting the maximum exposure time to 30 seconds. You can type in a higher value but the sensor sets it to the highest possible value. Die LG G and Huawei P supports up to 30 seconds.
DeepSkyCamera takes only pictures. The app is not designed for the post-processing.
The sample picture shows constellation Ursa Major with the LG G4: 256 light frames each 30 sec which results in nearly 2 h exposure time in total. 170 dark framesan 100 flat frames applied. Processed with additional software. The second and third pic shows Cygnus taken with LG G4 and LG G6. The last pic shows M31 with LG G6 (M33 is on the bottom, double star cluster and Cassiopeia upper left).
You can use a simple portable mount for travel purposes like iOptron SkyTracker, AstroTrac or StarAdventurer. You put a ballhead on the top and add a clip from a small phone tripod. With the preview function (which is automatically visible after start) you can adjust the ballhead according to the brightest stars.
A manual is here:
https://www.deepskycamera.de/manual/DeepSkyCamera_manual_en.pdf
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of DeepSkyCamera since it was posted on our website on 2020-08-25 22:37:47.
The latest version is 2.0.0 and it was updated on 2024-04-26 16:21:24. See below the changes in each version.
DeepSkyCamera version 2.0.0
Updated At: 2024-04-23
Changes: New UI;High Resolution JPEG integrated;support for all Samsung S24 models with 51 sec max exposure time (also on Exynos);Increased exposure times for Nokia XR21(32 sec), Motorola G13(38 sec), Samsung M34 5G(60 sec), Samsung A25 5 (30 sec);Samsung A23 5G(SM-A236):30 sec max exposure time only works on models with ISOCELL camera sensor;Bug fix Samsung S21 models with Exynos: Green tint fixed;Bug fix Sony Xperia:White balance issue fixed;Bug fix Motorola G50,Fairphone 4 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 11.
DeepSkyCamera version
Updated At: 2023-12-20
Changes: App is now also in French, App adapted to Samsung's OneUI 6, App adapted to Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 4G, Motorola Edge 40, Vivo iQOO Z7 Pro, Motorola G32, Honor: Fixed white balance for some models, Minor bug fixes
DeepSkyCamera version
Updated At: 2023-11-25
Changes: New exposure times Samsung: A54: 30 sec, Z Flip 5, Z Fold 5: 51 sec, Tab S9 Ultra, Tab S9 PLus, Tab S9: 51 sec, Tab S7 FE: 120 sec, A42 5G: 71 sec, Samsung M33: 30 sec, A24 4G: 20 sec, A23 4G: 49 sec, bugfix Samsung A54, Samsung A23, Google Pixel 7/7 Pro, Motorola G Stylus 5G models 2022 and 2023
DeepSkyCamera version
Updated At: 2023-09-02
Changes: Samsung S23,S23Plus,S23Ultra:51 sec max shutter speed;Support of Motorola Edge phones:Edge 30,30 Pro:max exposure time of 51 sec; Motorola G40 Fusion:exposure time max. 55 sec;Samsung F62:maximum exposure time 30 sec;Xiaomi Redmi 10(2022):Maximum exposure time of 32 sec;Vivo X90 Pro Plus:maximum exposure time of 43 sec;Oppo A57: maximum exposure time 37s and Oppo A15: maximum exposure time 55sec;Bugfix:Samsung A01
DeepSkyCamera version
Updated At: 2023-07-10
Changes: Samsung S23,S23Plus,S23Ultra:51 sec max shutter speed;Support of Motorola Edge phones:Edge 30,30 Pro:max exposure time of 51 sec; Motorola G40 Fusion:exposure time max. 55 sec;Samsung F62:maximum exposure time 30 sec;Xiaomi Redmi 10(2022):Maximum exposure time of 32 sec;Vivo X90 Pro Plus:maximum exposure time of 43 sec;Oppo A57: maximum exposure time 37s and Oppo A15: maximum exposure time 55sec;Google Pixel 7/7 Pro: Maximum exposure time of 17 sec;Bugfix:Samsung A01
DeepSkyCamera version
Updated At: 2022-04-24
Changes: Samsung S22 Ultra, S22 Plus, S22: full compatability (30 sec max shutter speed)
Xiaomi Poco M3, Redmi 9T: app runs now on these devices
Bugfixes on OnePlus 8 Pro and higher, OnePlus N10, realme 5 Pro, Oppo Find X3 Lite
Minor Bugfixes
DeepSkyCamera version
Updated At: 2022-02-14
Changes: JPEG noise reduction algorithms(3X3 Mean,5X5 Mean);wired headset: "answer/hang up calls" button can be used to start/stop the imaging session;Samsung A52 4G(SM-A525) 600 sec max shutter speed;Samsung A52s:52 sec max shutter speed;Samsung A51 5G(SM-A516):22 sec max shutter speed;Oppo Find X3 Lite:183 sec max shutter speed;realme C21:60 sec max shutter speed;Nokia XR20:32 sec max shutter speed;Asus Zenfone 8:40 sec max shutter speed;Google Pixel 6/6 Pro:17 sec max shutter
DeepSkyCamera version
Updated At: 2022-02-01
Changes: realme 8 Pro: 43 sec max exposure time instead of 32 sec;LG Velvet: 20 sec max exposure time;Vivo Y15: 60 sec max shutter speed;Vivo Y51A: 32 sec max shutter speed;Samsung A52s: 52 sec max shutter speed;Bugfix Huawei Mate 40 Pro / EMUI 11;Bugfix Huawei P Smart Pro / Y9 Prime / Honor 9C;Bugfix Sony Xperia 1/5/10;Bugfix: JPEG images are rotated to portrait mode.
DeepSkyCamera version
Updated At: 2021-11-18
Changes: App and manual in Italian and Spanish available
Minor bugfixes
DeepSkyCamera version
Updated At: 2021-09-15
Changes: Histogram integrated;Hot pixel removal;Edge mode(sharpness);App adjusted to Pixel 4a (5G), OnePlus 8/Nord and higher,realme 5 Pro;Samsung A52 5G/A80:75 sec max shutter speed;OnePlus 8 Pro:55 sec max shutter speed;realme 5 Pro:27 sec max shutter speed;Unstable focus and not working RAW format fixed on specific Huawei devices(P20 lite, P30 lite);External Bluetooth controller was not correct detected on specific phones(OnePlus 8 Pro,Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro);App tested with Android 12
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