Moonage -Tycho

[fringe_dweller]

Finally got to get a shot of something- anything I dont care LOL
moon just tonight - messed around with a few things - little dvd player was crap for focusing, junk (Barry was around for the session), had to resort back to lcd on back of nikon cp 4500
single shot 125/sec 24 mm ep/2x barlow and optical zoom in camera (2x? cant remember now) f7 250mm dob
seeing 7.5 out of 10?, some high cloud about
got heaps and heaps, to tired now, time for comet maybe
thanks for looking

[iceman]

Very nice Kearn, love the rays!

[gaa_ian]

Onya Kearn
Things that go "Splat" on the moon !
Did you get to see the Comets?

[fringe_dweller]

Cheers Mike and Ian :) it was great to get out under the sky again!
ps Ian re comets: I posted in old thread :-)

[Robert_T]

That's a blinder, you've really captured the rays from a drammatic angle. I like it :thumbsup:

[acropolite]

Amazing depth Kearn, almost 3D. :thumbsup:

[fringe_dweller]

Thanks very much fella's :-)) I appreciate the nice comments!, Tycho would have to be my favourite moon feature, as you said Robert its very dramatic eh - got some more pics to check out/process - 130 shots actually! had a bad case of shutter fever ;)

[southern 40]

nice one Kearn, that 10 inch dob rocks;) Jupiter looked good last night any luck with any of those shots?Pity about the DVD player looks like the marshal monitor may be the go

[fringe_dweller]

hey Bazz cheers mate, marshall's are definately the go eh, might try a cheaper way for next time and just finally make a hartmann's mask lol! i guess i could use the laptop? might try that too?
no sorry jupes arent real good, I think you really need a high quality high/moderate power plossyl? (preferably a 2" ep :-( ) like the Tak 12mm we've seen used with great results, coz the barlowed large ep is just too dim to use higher than the 60/125sec shutter speeds on the planets I reckon. and i am crap at stacking them so far :P pity we cant get an image as good as what we can see with the eye :( that would be something!
here's a couple more moonages close up
both single shots, first is plain 24mm ep/3x optical zoom i think? 60/sec - same set up otherwise
I know the crater next too the ridge is Cleomedes crater.
and the tiff format rocks, :) like we suspected, heres a low power view 24mm ep, didnt fit in fov properly :P not the sharpest pic of the lot but nice anyway

[asimov]

Very nice shots Kearn! :thumbsup:

[RB]

Great work Kearn.

:thumbsup:

[fringe_dweller]

Thanks Asi and RB :-)
here's some more including one of the only two shots that I fitted the moon in fully (i have added some width tho as it only just fitted in) not the sharpest one,
a couple of jupes for Barry one with Io and Callisto (faint) and GRS (wasnt that occultation of Europa nice early on)
and a blurry close up with Crater Aristarchus as the main feature
all shots are single exposures as usual

[southern 40]

nice moon close ups Kearn , Jupiter looks good to you can see the GRS,
should try and stack a few of them:thumbsup:

[fringe_dweller]

Cheers Barry :) yes i really like the moon/crater close up thing now, I wanna do some more, never realised it would be that enjoyable! I would love to have 10 of those tycho's to stack ;-)) have to get that PC connected to the net ;)