But it also offers a degree of imaging challenge that is extraordinary.
I've taken inspiration from Martin's suggestion of a Lunathon from a few months back to start this thread.
No, I don't do imaging.
Yes, I do sketching.
But what I am rarely seeing is lunar photos that rival what I can see through the eyepiece.
There is one mob that have been producing some of the most amazing lunar photographs I have ever seen. And they are based in Belarus! Not just one-off images, but also very considered projects spanning several months to produce stereoscopic, 3D photographs. The pics below is their 3D image using the cross-eye technique:
Think that the Moon has nothing to offer feature wise?
* Mons Rumker, a huge cluster of volcanic vents smack bang in the middle of Oceanus Procellarum
* Alpine Valley, huge scar on the Moon, but have you spied out the wee rile that runs down its entire length?
* Crater Alphonsus with its various pyroclastic deposits and multitude of volcanic vents
* The lace-like network of riles within and outside of Gassendi.
Here's their pic of Posidonius
It goes on and on.
Happy with a lunar pic you took? Post it here!
Throwing down the gauntlet with a red hot pic? Post it here!
Amazed by a feature you didn't anticipate? Post it here!
Those Belarus boys have laid down a challenge. What can we do?
Alex.
Last edited by mental4astro; 19-02-2019 at 08:52 PM.
Now you have me searching Raymo
Here’s a couple of lunar surface images from last year using Televue powermates
6” f6 newt on HEQ5 mount and Canon 600D
Martin
Thanks for starting the contributions Raymo, Martin and Jeff!
Here are some pics I've taken using my phone with eyepiece projection using an 8" SCT. I thought these are pretty good for handheld phone pics. Need to work on my technique to match Raymo though...
An image of capturing the Moon last week using BYEOS planetary mode
BYEOS may be an entry level or beginners application but boy is it easy to use , heaps of intuitive functions, very reliable and gets you great results
I can’t wait until the planets are higher enough to image again. Thumbs up for BYEOS !
Those craters look like you could touch them Alex. So crisp. I should try again.
Here is an old shot from when I first used a 0.63 reducer and was excited to see the big moon would fit in the C8. Had not worked out the collimating at that point and a little fuzzy . So bright it hurt.
