CLOSE TO THE MOON
May 27, 2013 00:58:39 #
Ed Greding
Loc: Texas
My first photo post. This is a part of the surface of the Moon known as Mare Humorum ("Sea od Humours"), which is actually a gigantic lava flow, probably about 4 billion years old. The large crater to the left is named Gassendi, after a Renaissance theologian and astronomer. It is about 110 KM across, and its sloping walls are nearly 3,000 M high. The mountains in the center peak at about 1200 M. Just imagine yourself standing in the crater, in the shadow of the mountains or of the rim! It would be quite a walk across it.
Close to the Moon
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May 27, 2013 03:06:40 #
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May 27, 2013 08:13:52 #
I'm glad you put the pic here though because if it had been put in the Astronomical Photography Sub Forum, I'd never have seen it as well as most other members.
May 27, 2013 16:42:53 #
Ed Greding
Loc: Texas
wrr
I'm glad you liked it. I put it in this forum with that idea in mind---that more non-astronomers woulod see it.
I very much hope I have not broken any rule by doing so.
Ed
I'm glad you liked it. I put it in this forum with that idea in mind---that more non-astronomers woulod see it.
I very much hope I have not broken any rule by doing so.
Ed
May 27, 2013 18:56:09 #
May 28, 2013 03:27:32 #
Ed Greding
Loc: Texas
Rex: Please accept my apology. I thought you were referring to the photo of a tornado. My photo was taken through a Celestron 14" SCT (Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope) w. a 17mm Plossl eyepiece placed afocally, using ASA = 400 film (digitized here), f/11, exp. 1/125 sec. The camera was an old Nikon FE. You may know this already, but I'll mention that such a photo has to be through a scope with clock drive to counter the earth's rotation.
Thanks for looking!
Ed
Thanks for looking!
Ed
May 28, 2013 09:43:42 #
Ed Greding wrote:
wrr
I'm glad you liked it. I put it in this forum with that idea in mind---that more non-astronomers woulod see it.
I very much hope I have not broken any rule by doing so.
Ed
I'm glad you liked it. I put it in this forum with that idea in mind---that more non-astronomers woulod see it.
I very much hope I have not broken any rule by doing so.
Ed
no rules about where to post photos...the sub-sections are good if you are trying to do some niche in photography and want some advice or to see what others are doing in that niche...otherwise posting your pictures here for sharing and general comments is just fine.
also, thanks for sharing the 'how' about your picture.
May 28, 2013 10:05:31 #
May 29, 2013 02:04:59 #
How unique,Ed! Very interesting. I've never seen a picture of the moon like yours. Keep 'em comin'!
May 29, 2013 02:10:08 #
Thanks Ed. Have a telescope and wanting to try some astro-photography. Just knew you had to have more than just camera.
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