Clavius

[PSALM19.1 (Shaun)]

My daughter snapped this shot through my 8" Dob with an I-phone 5...thought it was decent enough to post...

[Akwestland (Andrew and Kim)]

Shaun,

Very nice shot. Maybe a career in the making?

It puts my first ever to shame, but I will post it anyway for a laugh. Taken on my Phablet (Nokia Lumia), through hthe eyepiece on my Celestron 4SE, it was the second night of our journey into telescopes. Yes, I am a very raw beginner.



Cheers,
Andrew

[OzStarGazer]

Nice shot!
Clavius is one of my favourite ones too.
It was my first session with the NexImage 5. Ironically it was one of the clearest sessions, maybe because it was just before it got hot (I got the NI at the beginning of October).
PS: Why don't you tell your daughter to join IIS?

[PSALM19.1 (Shaun)]

At age 16, she is already using enough social media!

[OzStarGazer]

Originally Posted by PSALM19.1

At age 16, she is already using enough social media!

But this is an EDUCATIONAL message board!

[sharpiel]

From memory...could be wrong...someone here will know for sure...wasn't Clavius the crater the Monolith was discovered buried within in 2001 A Space Odysee?

[PSALM19.1 (Shaun)]

Dunno, but it obviously isn't there anymore...!

[OzStarGazer]

Originally Posted by sharpiel

From memory...could be wrong...someone here will know for sure...wasn't Clavius the crater the Monolith was discovered buried within in 2001 A Space Odysee?

Do you mean this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavius_Base

[sharpiel]

Originally Posted by OzStarGazer

Do you mean this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavius_Base

Erroneously I did. Further reading from your link reveals that to be the base from which the moon astronauts travel to Tycho where the Monolith (TMA-1) is located. Thanks!