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Moon Photo
Dec 23, 2012 18:28:42 #
Here is a photo that I took recently (Dec. 18, 2012), with Canon T2i coupled to Astro-Tech 72mm f/6 telescope and Antares 2.4x Barlow lens. Exposure was 1/50 second, ISO 100. This photo also appears in Astronomical Photography Forum.
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Moon
Dec 23, 2012 18:32:25 #
Faboulous...great detail. Now that's what magnification can do. Would love to see you post a full moon sometime.
Great work, very nice indeed.
Great work, very nice indeed.
Dec 23, 2012 18:53:16 #
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Dec 23, 2012 19:19:08 #
Dec 23, 2012 19:28:19 #
James56 wrote:
Jerry Armstrong (Algol) is compiling a collection of progressive phase photographs, culminating in a full moon. Would love to see you post a full moon sometime.
Series will be posted in Astronomical Photography Forum.
Dec 23, 2012 19:29:54 #
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Dec 23, 2012 22:13:29 #
Thanks to you all for the nice words. Be sure to check out Astronomical Photography Forum for future images. I will be posting some images of Star Clusters later tonight in that forum.
Dec 24, 2012 10:04:07 #
dickhrm
Loc: Spingfield, IL
Would you be willing to share info on your settings, i.e., the amount of zoom you used, ISO, aperature, white balance, etc.? Thanks.
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Dec 24, 2012 10:12:23 #
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Dec 24, 2012 10:19:25 #
WWWOOOOOOOOWWW!!!!!! I don't think I have ever seen a sharper pic of the moon taken with a camera/telescope. Almost looks like something taken by NASA. Makes my best moon shot look like it was taken with a home-made pinhole camera! (I have an A330 with 2 kit lenses)
Dec 24, 2012 12:36:52 #
Thank you dickhrm, I appreciate the comment.
The data for the photo is: Canon T2i coupled to Astro-Tech 72mm diameter f/6 telescope and Antares 2.4x Barlow lens. Exposure was 1/50 second, ISO 100.
The Barlow lens is a special type lens used in astronomy to boost power when coupled with an eyepiece for visual use. When used alone with a camera it serves to increase the focal length of the lens, hence the larger image on the chip. By varying the projection distance from the lens with extension tubes one can get even greater magnification but not at a cost, exposures will dramatically increase and a good sturdy accurate clock driven mount is a necessity.
The data for the photo is: Canon T2i coupled to Astro-Tech 72mm diameter f/6 telescope and Antares 2.4x Barlow lens. Exposure was 1/50 second, ISO 100.
The Barlow lens is a special type lens used in astronomy to boost power when coupled with an eyepiece for visual use. When used alone with a camera it serves to increase the focal length of the lens, hence the larger image on the chip. By varying the projection distance from the lens with extension tubes one can get even greater magnification but not at a cost, exposures will dramatically increase and a good sturdy accurate clock driven mount is a necessity.
Dec 24, 2012 12:51:33 #
If you look almost center of the moon along the treminator, you can see a very large shadow filled crater, very prominent. Just below it and out in the flat plain is a small pear shaped crater. I have posted a more detailed monochrome image of this crater taken several years ago with a 14-inch Meade telescope, eyepiece projection and a video camera. I then used frame grabber and stacked 30 images, processed in Photoshop. Unfortunately as much as I would love to have this setup to take to Africa, it is much too heavy so I will be using the 72mm setup instead.
Toricelli
Dec 24, 2012 13:27:57 #
dickhrm
Loc: Spingfield, IL
Thanks for the info. I feel a bit better now knowing what equipment you used. I've taken some pix of the moon that I was quite pleased with, altho no comparison with yours. But mine were taken hand held with no telescope, so that would explain at least some of the difference.
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