Okay, because I got an acceptable amount of aurora after adding the "enhance" filter on my Pixel, taken from my driveway, through light pollution of town. But I couldn't see shit but faint streaks. I could tell it was dancin'..

[–] warm@kbin.earth 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I dont have a pixel, but if there's like a "pro" mode in the camera app, you can play around with the shutter speed and expose for longer. After the event the sky looked normal, but I could still get the purple green with my phone camera!

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'll give that a try tonight, thank you for the tip!

[–] jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

On the Pixel I'd recommend the astrophotography mode which exposes for 4 to 5 minutes, it works very well.

You need to use the night mode in the camera and then put the phone on a tripod or lean it against something so it won't move, after a few seconds the shutter button will turn into a stars symbol. Then press the shutter button and it will tell you how long you should leave the phone there.

[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 1 points 6 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

I could tell it was dancin'..

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.