"The saying goes, “your cell phone has more computing power than all of NASA in 1969. NASA launched a man to the moon. We launched a bird into pigs.”
Thankfully, in addition to launching furious balls of feathers into evil swine, we also use our phones for taking photographs. And just as our phones have more computing power than all of NASA in 1969, our phones also have better imaging capabilities than many of the astrophotography endeavors of the past."
Its incredible to think that your smartphone is able to take better photographs than telescopes were a few decades ago. This interesting article highlights some of the capabilities of smartphone photography by comparing two almost identical photos taken of the Orion Nebula.