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I tried astrophotography on my iPhone 16 Pro Max to shoot galaxies, nebulas, and star clusters — these were my best captures

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The iPhone 16 Pro Max has a 48MP main camera that dishes up sharp results in just about any condition.

Apple effectively uses pixel binning to enhance the quality with photos from its 12MP telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom.

With the 30-second exposure, I’m impressed by the shot I pulled off with the main camera.

Not surprisingly, my favorite shot of M31 Andromeda Galaxy comes from the Dwarf 2 smart telescope.

At 5x zoom, Saturn looks more like a blob, but then proceeds to have a smudgy look with an ellipse shape that I suppose could be the rings.

While its performance doesn't come close to the details captured by some of my favorite smart telescopes.

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