>>4211266Yes, it's real, but it's no just point your phone to the stars. There's a technique called photo stacking that consists in taking a bunch of photos and then "stacking" it to achieve more sharpness, field of view etc. That's one of the reasons that the leaves seems "ghosted". It's completely possible to do with your smartphone, but it requires a lot of post processing. In the following video you can see how is the process to stack photos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Pbjm1_bwQ>can i expect better results with an Apsc camera?It also depends on how you master your camera and your software, you'll only know when you try.
>>4211420This. Manual focus is one of the most important skills when it comes to night and astro.