Moon close-up

newbie Senior Chicago Astronomer Posts: 199	Moon close-up Jul 2, 2013 19:48:45 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by newbie on Jul 2, 2013 19:48:45 GMT -6 Taken with Starshoot 4 usb planetary camera and a Celestron 6" refractor. Attachments:

-=CROMAN=- Tenured Chicago Astronomer Posts: 683	Moon close-up Jul 3, 2013 10:51:47 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by -=CROMAN=- on Jul 3, 2013 10:51:47 GMT -6 Nice picture. How do you like the refractor? I was looking at a Celestron 6" Achro but I wasn't sure I could handle the awkward viewing angles on a GEM mount.
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patrickm God Posts: 1,621	Moon close-up Jul 3, 2013 16:52:04 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by patrickm on Jul 3, 2013 16:52:04 GMT -6 Nice shot! Thanks for posting. Living under clouds out here in S. Carolina so glad somebody can see the moon.
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Paulie pchris00 God Posts: 2,131	Moon close-up Jul 3, 2013 18:46:15 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Paulie pchris00 on Jul 3, 2013 18:46:15 GMT -6 Nice. When was this taken?
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Moon close-up Jul 3, 2013 22:34:20 GMT -6

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Post by newbie on Jul 3, 2013 22:34:20 GMT -6

Taken on O6/16/13. Stacked using Avistack.

This achro has given me the sharpest ever views of the moon and planets. Sometimes I have to sit on the ground but that is no biggie.

I was at Lincoln Park on 06/18/13 and I got the Dumbbell Nebula, the Ring Nebula and M5 on a CPC 800 on alt/az mode. Many 30 sec. exposures with a Canon T3i, a .5x 2" focal reducer and 2" Orion Light Pollution imaging filter. The moon was out and the lights around the park were a nuisance. I need dark skies!!! I will upload the pics later.

mojocvh Junior Chicago Astronomer Posts: 120	Moon close-up Jul 6, 2013 5:34:54 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mojocvh on Jul 6, 2013 5:34:54 GMT -6 www.lunarworldrecord.com/

Paulie pchris00 God Posts: 2,131	Moon close-up Jul 6, 2013 19:41:03 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Paulie pchris00 on Jul 6, 2013 19:41:03 GMT -6 I had never heard of the Lunar World Record before. That is WAY cool.
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Post by newbie on Jul 2, 2013 19:48:45 GMT -6

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