Images of the Moon: Here are some test shots that I have taken during the past month or so of selected areas of the moon. They were all taken with a ZWO ASI120 MC-S camera specifically...

Algol Loc: Georgia

Here are some test shots that I have taken during the past month or so of selected areas of the moon. They were all taken with a ZWO ASI120 MC-S camera specifically designed for taking lunar and planetary images through a telescope. The exposures are usually 20 milliseconds and is adjustable very easily using their program that comes with the camera. I shot all of them at f/16 on a Meade 14 inch telescope using an Antares 1.6x Barlow lens. Seeing conditions were average to bad, but by using Registax 6 one can select the best 200 or so images from the video sequence and it does it automatically. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have about my set up and the camera etc.

Campanus (48 km) & Mercator (47 Km)

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Posidonius ( 95 km)

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Pythagoras (130 km)

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Tycho (85 km)

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Triesnecker (28km)

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NormanHarley Loc: Colorado

These are great! :thumbup:

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Those are great Jerry.
That monster brings the moon right down to Earth.

Ya know, if people would stop shootin the moon, it wouldn't have all those bullet holes in it. :roll:

NormanHarley Loc: Colorado

SonnyE wrote:

Those are great Jerry.
That monster brings the moon right down to Earth.

Ya know, if people would stop shootin the moon, it wouldn't have all those bullet holes in it. :roll:

lol Quit it, Sonny! :D :thumbup: You will be wanting to see pics from the other side of the moon soon. ;-)

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

Beautiful

Algol wrote:

Here are some test shots that I have taken during ... (show quote)

Beautiful shots Jerry, that setup really works well together..
Your Camera probably records .AVI but mine .MOV.
Any idea which converter works best for .MOV to .AVI.
Thanks
Craig

Algol Loc: Georgia

NormanHarley wrote:

These are great! :thumbup:

Thank you, I appreciate it very much.

Algol Loc: Georgia

SonnyE wrote:

Those are great Jerry.
That monster brings the moon right down to Earth.

Ya know, if people would stop shootin the moon, it wouldn't have all those bullet holes in it. :roll:

Thanks Sonny, yes, it's a dream come true. Now I can't wait for the planets to make their appearance.

Algol Loc: Georgia

CraigFair wrote:

Beautiful
Beautiful shots Jerry, that setup really works well together..
Your Camera probably records .AVI but mine .MOV.
Any idea which converter works best for .MOV to .AVI.
Thanks
Craig

They are avi files and I don't know, possibly Wondershare Video Converter may be able to do it but I haven't had much experience with it.

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Yes sir I really like your new toy.
I am really looking forward to seeing the Orion Nebula and maybe even the horsehead.
Really nice images.
:thumbup: :thumbup:

Algol Loc: Georgia

Albuqshutterbug wrote:

Yes sir I really like your new toy.
I am really looking forward to seeing the Orion Nebula and maybe even the horsehead.
Really nice images.
:thumbup: :thumbup:

Thank you, yes those two (M-42 & IC 434) are both going to have to wait until winter. Right now they are both up well before dawn but are in the glare of Atlanta.
But I can give you a small taste of deep sky objects. Here is M-27, the Dumbell Nebula. It is a 20 minute exposure, 5 minute subs stacked with DeepSkyStacker at ISO1000 set at f/6.3 (14 inch Meade with 6.3 focal reducer.

M-27

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Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Algol wrote:

Thank you, yes those two (M-42 & IC 434) are both going to have to wait until winter. Right now they are both up well before dawn but are in the glare of Atlanta.
But I can give you a small taste of deep sky objects. Here is M-27, the Dumbell Nebula. It is a 20 minute exposure, 5 minute subs stacked with DeepSkyStacker at ISO1000 set at f/6.3 (14 inch Meade with 6.3 focal reducer.

Sweet!

Algol Loc: Georgia

For those of you that have telescopes of 8 inches and larger with a clock drive system (does not have to be an equatorial mount but it helps) I would suggest (if you are interested in the moon & planets), to get one of these little cameras. I'm not trying to sell any of them its just that they are capable of taking outstanding photos of the moon and such. I just checked and Oceanside Photo and Telescope (OPT) has them on sale at $259.00. They do not come with a manual but one can learn fairly easily with You tube or other means on the computer. I can supply additional info if interested, just send me a PM. In addition you will need a laptop or other computer to hook up to the camera in order to operate it.

SonnyE Loc: Communist California, USA

Algol wrote:

Thank you, yes those two (M-42 & IC 434) are both going to have to wait until winter. Right now they are both up well before dawn but are in the glare of Atlanta.
But I can give you a small taste of deep sky objects. Here is M-27, the Dumbell Nebula. It is a 20 minute exposure, 5 minute subs stacked with DeepSkyStacker at ISO1000 set at f/6.3 (14 inch Meade with 6.3 focal reducer.

Oh my!
That is beautiful, Jerry!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Many, many thumbs up!

If you can sit through this, here is a very long review. I basically have it running in a separate window listening to it.

Algol Loc: Georgia

SonnyE wrote:

Oh my!
That is beautiful, Jerry!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Many, many thumbs up!

Thank you again Sonny, I appreciate it very much.

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

Algol wrote:

Thank you, yes those two (M-42 & IC 434) are both going to have to wait until winter. Right now they are both up well before dawn but are in the glare of Atlanta.
But I can give you a small taste of deep sky objects. Here is M-27, the Dumbell Nebula. It is a 20 minute exposure, 5 minute subs stacked with DeepSkyStacker at ISO1000 set at f/6.3 (14 inch Meade with 6.3 focal reducer.

:thumbup: :thumbup:
Craig