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[katodog]

God!!! Finally some decent weather and decent skies!!!

Here are some pics from Friday evening. Everything was taken with the 6" reflector and Fuji camera with a 32mm eyepeice. I have alot more moon pics, but I didn't want to flood the site. I'm going to put some more on Photobucket, so check them out. Just search for Katodog. If you want, check out the hummingbird pics I took at Apple River Canyon Lake. They're in the Zoo folder. I took some pics of Jupiter, but they didn't come out too good. I only kept one because it showed the four moons in line. The picture didn't come out too good, but you could still see the moons.










If I had a tracking mount, the pictures would be about ten times better. Usually when I take pics of Jupiter or Saturn I track it by turn the knob by hand. Sometimes it works good, other times not.

Sorry about the big pics, but I hate shrinking them down too far.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Kdog,

I too had a great night of public viewing at the Adler last night, and a full account is forthcoming soon.

I like your lunar shots much, but especially the first one. It looks ethereal with the top and bottom vingetted some. Almost as if looking at the Moon sleepy eyed!... #drool#

You say you used a 32mm for the shots, so does that mean you zoomed in with the camera?

Good stuff man...