Moon via 1200 fl x3 barlow + 300d

[xelasnave]

Thank goodness the Moon is up and the clouds have hid the dark part of the month for I dont have to confront my inability to sort out my mounts and tracking problems. These were taken using 300d and the 150ar (Celestron refractor) and my new 3x barlow ($50) Even for a colour blind person I can see problems still here is my results so far.
alex

[xelasnave]

and another

[xelasnave]

and a blow up of the crater and mountains I was particularly interested in.. no I dont know the name of the crater and the range.
alex

[ving]

solve all colour problems by switching to greyscale :)

they look nice tho. maybe a little soft. have you sharpened them? is the focus a little out?

[xelasnave]

The best of a bad lot I am afraid David. The focus was the best I could do , I used a mask, but I have not hit the sweet spot thats for sure. Here is one I have been playing with (sharpen contrast etc) it looked OK before resize and may offer a comparision between colour and gray scale. Also there may have been more water in the air than I had considered.
alex

[67champ]

Alex, those are looking good. What power was that at? I love the close-up crater too.

[xelasnave]

Thanks 67 I dont know the power but it was a 1200mm focal lenght with a 3x barlow making it 3600mm fl I dont know how you work it out from there... the crater was a blow up from one of the shots alex

[quicksimon]

Great clear shots. I give the moon a go last night as well. I think the crater you focused on is called coperinicus
Cheers
Simon

[xelasnave]

I believe you are correct Simmon . thanks for your comment alex

[Thiink]

Woo, another colour blind person (unless you were joking?)!

Using unsharp mask and greyscaling moon shots usually brings out detail. Eg.

http://www.users.on.net/sjeriksson/img/iceinspace/xelasnave-11.jpg
(hope you don't mind)

[xelasnave]

I am not joking about being colour blind, its not too bad but can be embarrassing sometimes (blue and purrple are the same as is green and brown, on the possitive I think I see detail clearer ( from comparison with other humans ... I dont mind anyone improving my shots so go for ti mate...alex

[Sausageman]

I have only taken 1 photo of the moon, with a HP 1 meg digital camera, hand held(not joking), up to the C14 eyepiece, it came out great.
It was taken in daylight as a trial.
It is the Mare Crisium.
Pretty lucky shot don't you think?

It was the first pic I ever took through the C14
No luck since, except a second division in the Lotto...

Mike

[iceman]

Nice shot Mike! That C14 will take some lovely planetary/lunar shots with a huge focal length.

Just for fun, i've reprocessed your shot to give it a bit more detail.. you'd never know it was daytime :)

[Sausageman]

I like the blue moon best, but it sure is much sharper now with plenty of detail, thanks I'll save that version too.
You can almost see Neil and Buzz's footprints now.
I won't get any more shots until we have powered the dome rotation, it takes six men and a brown dog to turn it.
Cheers
Mike

[ving]

the blue was great... must take some daytime shots methinks :D

[Sausageman]

Thanks Dave,
I like it too.
I have just finished a week of night shift, but the weather in SE QLD was crap.
I normally take my 4 1/2" Tasco with me, I love showing the planets to the guy's at work, I get some amazing reactions, especially when I look at Saturn and Jupiter.
Mike