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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: Tony G on Feb 18, 2008, 22:21:47

Title: Moon Shots from the Weekend
Post by: Tony G on Feb 18, 2008, 22:21:47
Hi all,

Getting bored with all the great DSO recently, and so I'd thought take some Moon shots. The other reason is because I haven't got a camera to take great DSO, YET! (except the Canon, and I'm not into guiding at present, that's another learning curve). I  still used the ToUcam Pro II, but for some reason the images I took of the Moon, Saturn and my first Mars were all in black and white, but I don't know why?, still here are the Moon shots.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2117/2275398020_2bce5f61d7.jpg)

The large crater is crater Lansberg in Oceanus Procellarum,

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2245/2275398016_10cfe2cba9.jpg)

Crater Plato,

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2154/2274637215_c23fab575d.jpg)

Crater Clavius,

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2222/2275398008_72e016142e.jpg)

Craters Helicon and Le Verrier in Mare Imbrium and Sinus Iridium,

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2391/2275398012_07d0136a08.jpg)

And a shot earlier in the night.

There was a lot of atmospheric disturbance, so the images are not brilliant even after processing with Registax.

Tony G


Title: Re: Moon Shots from the Weekend
Post by: JohnP on Feb 19, 2008, 07:24:59
Tony - Shots like pretty good to me...nothing wrong with those - I particularly like the Clavius shot. If I can remember (it's been a long time) I'm sure there is somewhere in Toucam camera serup where you can check a tickbox for B&W are you sure this wasn't accidently ticked?

QuoteI haven't got a camera to take great DSO, YET!
Am I sensing a new camera on the horizon....?

Cheers,  John
Title: Re: Moon Shots from the Weekend
Post by: MarkS on Feb 19, 2008, 19:45:34

Great moon images - especially Clavius!
Title: Re: Moon Shots from the Weekend
Post by: Fay on Feb 20, 2008, 14:07:31
|Tony,

you are so good at moon shots. Were they all thru x3 barlow & how many FPS etc did you capture?
Title: Re: Moon Shots from the Weekend
Post by: Tony G on Feb 22, 2008, 13:49:42
Fay,

Shots 1,3 & 4 are through the X3 and 2 & 5 are through the X2, and if you look at the last 2 images you can see the difference between them.
As for the FPS they are a mixture of 5 and 10 fps usually 5.

Tony G
Title: Re: Moon Shots from the Weekend
Post by: Whitters on Feb 22, 2008, 15:47:43
I like the image of Oceanus Procellarum, especially all the lumps and bumps arround Lansberg