Just thought I'd attach this great pic that my daughter snapped through an I-Phone 5 camera...via my 8" Dob and a 32mm EP...looks good enlarged as well..
Last edited by PSALM19.1; 29-07-2014 at 04:16 PM.
Reason: clarity
That's a great photo Shaun and WAY BETTER than Brians efforts using the same sophisticated camera gear :-)
Like Brian said tho, please pass on my compliments. She did good.
Trev
' That's funny?' , but I think you are right old mate .
Brian.
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Originally Posted by Regulus
That's a great photo Shaun and WAY BETTER than Brians efforts using the same sophisticated camera gear :-)
Like Brian said tho, please pass on my compliments. She did good.
Trev
no worries Shaun , it was my iStar 127mm f8 refractor and 19mm TV Panoptic giving about 50x , taken with my Nokia 1020's camera hand held over it .
Both shots are very good for what was used , I like your daughters shot better ., btw these both look to be taken on the same day .
Brian.
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Originally Posted by PSALM19.1
Well, I think the two pics are on a par ...Brian, do you mind me asking what Scope you were using and power of EP?
btw these both look to be taken on the same day ..
No way! Same day ...question too: I am assuming that the size of the moon in your pic is due to the fact that I was using a 32mm EP (despite a larger aperture)?
I would think so , you are at about 38x and I cropped and sized this photo using windows 'Live Photo Gallery' that's all , have a go its quite easy , just open the photo in WLPG , hit the 'Properties' a drop down will appear , hit the resize and resize the photo ( I use about 2000 as my max dimension) , then save it , then open the resized photo in WLPG and hit the 'Crop' icon , about 1/2 way along the top and squares will appear over the photo , just move them to the moons image , streaching , compressing , moving the squares to the crop you want and save , job done .
This took about 3 miniutes , hope you don't mind .
Brian
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Originally Posted by PSALM19.1
No way! Same day ...question too: I am assuming that the size of the moon in your pic is due to the fact that I was using a 32mm EP (despite a larger aperture)?
Last edited by brian nordstrom; 31-07-2014 at 02:27 PM.
Awesome! Certainly is a great shot...! Amazing thing is that I didn't even edit it or anything, it just looked good straight off the bat. Thanks Brian, great "cropping"!
Be sure to show your daughter , you may have a budding astro photographer on your hands , she has a steady hand and good eye .
Give a thought to grabbing a cheap camera/phone mounting attachment , available from Andrews , Bintel and others for about $30 , great tool .
Brian.
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Originally Posted by PSALM19.1
Awesome! Certainly is a great shot...! Amazing thing is that I didn't even edit it or anything, it just looked good straight off the bat. Thanks Brian, great "cropping"!
Ok, Ok, Ok, already.
These from a Vixen 80M achro and a Canon eos600D.
One daylight job and one nighttime one.
I was wishing I had an iPhone at the time as u can well imagine
Hmm Trev , still its fun
Brian.
[ QUOTE=Regulus;1104572]Humble apologies Shaun for stealing your thread but that Nordstrom bloke just won't let go once he's got his teeth in. U can see how he is.
Trev[/QUOTE]
Wow, wasn't the occultation of Saturn awesome Monday night! Of course I got my daughter to snap a shot; I know there are many other pics of this event (some stunners as well!) but why not
That's a beauty , tell her so as it is worth it , well done ! .
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...Brian, do you mind me asking what Scope you were using and power of EP?
no worries Shaun , it was my iStar 127mm f8 refractor and 19mm TV Panoptic giving about 50x , taken with my Nokia 1020's camera hand held over it .
...question too: I am assuming that the size of the moon in your pic is due to the fact that I was using a 32mm EP (despite a larger aperture)? 
Be sure to show your daughter , you may have a budding astro photographer on your hands 
, she has a steady hand and good eye .
Tasweagins , my favorites.
