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[katodog]

Here are some pics from Monday night. I shot these through those crappy white, wispy clouds that always float by just when you want to shoot pictures. Well, I am not so easily defeated.

As the Pacleds would say, "We have Meade, we are strong."

Pardon the large size.








The visiblility was not too good, but I took the scope out when it was clear. I was all set to go when the scope decided it wanted to play games. I set up the scope, thinking I would shoot the moon and then surf around with the autostar. So I used the "goto" to get on the moon. When I did, the scope ended up pointing at the ground. That put quite a few question marks over my head. After parking the scope, then trying again with the same result, I got a little ticked. I figured I would try re-aligning it and it worked. That's pretty funny considering the last time I used the scope was at my cousin's house, and I didn't have a single problem. But, anyhow. After I got the scope aligned and working, the clouds started to come around. At that point I was not going to pack it up, so I just shot what I could through the clouds. I was actually surprised that even with the clouds, the pics came out pretty dang good.

[katodog]

Oops! I forgot. Joe likes details.

Meade LXD75 AR6-AT, 25mm eyepiece, Fuji S5000 DSLR auto ISO, first pic auto exposure, second pic manual exposure 1/60 second at f2.8, third pic auto exposure, zoomed in about 8 to 10 times optical, except for the full shot. That was at no zoom.

Blacktop driveway, slight west to east wind, black shirt, black pants, Sketchers steel toe work shoes, white socks, homemade focuser, homemade autostar holder, daughter sleeping, boss watching t.v., left leg itchy, slightly cold, music playing (97.1, of course), clouds, someone's chimney smoke in the air, messy garage (christmas light time), dog barking, goose crap everywhere, and a partridge in a pear tree (whatever the hell that's supposed to mean)


Sorry Joe. Sometimes the urge to pick on you overwhelms the urge to be nice. My mommy always told me if I don't have anything nice to say, pick something creative.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Someone once said that God is in the details. The more the better, and the additional info helps others in getting the best use of their own astronomical efforts...and the experience is passed on.

I like the three shots, but the whole lunar sphere is my favorite.

But I have always been facinated by the line of craters that you have captured...

From Crater Vogel at the top of the chain thru Faye and La Caille at the bottom..almost looks like a bombing strafe attack - and a striking sight in the eyepice.

And in conclusion... a funny reference:

Pakleds...LOL