7 comments

  • wxw 2 hours ago
    Here's a link to the actual photo. https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2026/06/09-Jupiter.jpg

    [replaced a Threads link for a better one]

    • zx8080 2 hours ago
      "Get the full app experience"

      F%%k the closed web.

      • wxw 2 hours ago
        Ah yea, I shouldn't have linked to Threads (it was just the first result I found to see the full photo). I replaced the link with a better one.
    • voidUpdate 44 minutes ago
      That's... honestly kinda underwhelming. You can't even see any stripes, it's just a vague blob. I guess the contrast was just too much for the Gameboy camera?
  • Calvin02 2 hours ago
    Not to diminish his accomplishment, he attached the game boy camera to a 60inch telescope at Mount Wilson. This is a cool project but the quality of the photo is what you’d expect from a gameboy camera.

    The headline seems to imply that he custom built a telescope for his gameboy.

  • HelloUsername 1 hour ago
    Related: "2bit Astrophotography with the Game Boy Camera" 04-jul-2017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14697456 55 comments
  • canthonytucci 2 days ago
    Can I see the picture of Jupiter though? Seems like one of the 2 pictures this article would need
    • mmmlinux 2 days ago
      Yeah, surprising all this effort and no clean copy of the picture to be easily found. Pretty easy to get them off the GB camera now days.
  • voidUpdate 1 hour ago
    Having the colour of your links be very close to the default colour of links you've already clicked is an interesting style choice
  • RagnarD 2 hours ago
    Would have been far more interesting to have an iPhone adapter, another very common device but with a worthwhile image sensor better justifying time on a massive telescope.
  • zx8080 2 hours ago
    Where is the photo?
    • WalterGR 1 hour ago
      Read the other comments and you’ll find the answer you’re looking for.