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Something a little different- This is a 25 second exposure, just a Canon Rebel camera on a tripod. The white streak is the International Space Station, as it zips past Jupiter; I had to drive about 1.5 hours to get to the right spot to see it transit Jupiter. The stars to the left are Scorpius...

DennisN- Yes, that's the one I have; easy to use, seems to fit most cell phones, and is made for 1.25 inch eyepieces. From your picture, it looks like yours can also handle a point-and-shoot camera, which is an advantage, but the long arm might make it a little unstable. I've found that my...

Yes, the setup has worked well- the cell phone mount I have is made by Meade and I see it on different sites for $19.99, though I probably paid a little more when I got it locally at a telescope shop (I like to buy local when I can). The image below is during the solar eclipse last year, mounted...

New to the forum, but noticed the topic of this thread- Below is an image from my cell phone using a $20 mount to attach it to a small, inexpensive Dobsonian-mount telescope. Using the cell phone mount to hold it up to the eyepiece was the biggest factor in getting good photos for me, making it...