I guess I have to start somewhere

[erick]

Less than 2 day old Moon at Snake Valley.

Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000, prime focus in 8" reflector on undriven dobsonian mount.

330 frames stacked in Registax, rotated and cropped.

I got a lot to learn!! :sadeyes:

Main crater (with central peaks) is Petavius. Vendelinus and Furnerius also in image. Also, crater Holden is seen! :D

[Zuts]

Good going eric, welcome to heartbreak club :)

I reckon the first thing to learn is how to focus, so you could try FocusAssist, it's free and works for me.

Paul

[ballaratdragons]

Looking good Eric. You are off to a flying start :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Yay another dobber with a webcam ;) Great start Eric!

[acropolite]

A fine start Eric, didn't seem that long ago you were dipping your toes in the pond with binoculars.:camera:

[erick]

Thanks guys, I'll need all the encouragement I can get. This is a lot harder than I thought! But, I'm willing to persist and see what I can get out of my basic equipment. :bashcomp:


ps. now, where is crater Ford? :confuse3:

[jjjnettie]

You dip a toe in Eric, next thing you know you've slipped in over your head.
Welcome to the club.

[mill]

Nice pic Eric.
Ahh i remember the days with the cam in the dob :)
Hmm wasn't even very long ago :P

[mill]

Oops! Almost forgot.
Sometimes it is better to find the one pic in the avi, that is the sharpest and the best, instead of stacking.

[erick]

OK thanks, I'll have a look. On reflection, I did so many things wrong..... but it was fun getting started.

[ballaratdragons]

Eric, next months club night is 'Afocal Digital Camera Astrophotography', and using a webcam in a Telescope :thumbsup:

Hope you can make it. :)

[erick]

Yea!!! :thumbsup: Which night, everyone has been asking me and I suggested Friday Dec 7th??

[erick]

I'll just duck into the camera store and ask for an "Afocal Digital Camera"??

[ballaratdragons]

:lol:

Next club night is December 7th. :thumbsup:

Then in 2008:
Jan 11
Feb 8
March - Camp
April 4
May 9
June 6
July 4
Aug 1
Sept 5
Oct 3
November - Camp
Dec 5

[Kal]

Is that crater Holden just behind crater Ford?! :poke:

[erick]

Actually, I think crater Ford is way ahead and is around the other side of the Moon by now!

Jokes aside, I must find out why it is named "Holden".

If I have my lunar geography right, I've marked the crater named Holden on the attached image.

ps. Named for Edward Singleton Holden (November 5 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/wiki/November_5), 1846 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/wiki/1846) – March 16 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/wiki/March_16), 1914 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/wiki/1914)) - an American (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/wiki/United_States) astronomer (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/wiki/Astronomer). And also a Holden crater on Mars.

[erick]

By popular request (well, by Rob_K request :D), here is another video clip, processed by Ken (Ballaratdragons) with me making encouraging sounds as I watched.

Around 207 frames stacked in Registax, and processing with Photoshop Elements.

(For comparison - the one I stacked and processed earlier. Clearly, Ken knows what he is doing!)

[Garyh]

Lots to learn but isn`t it fun! :) Eric!
Glad you have Ken to help you out!
Now when the moon is up you can still play :)

[Rob_K]

Phew Erick, thanks, almost missed it! :P Nice one! :thumbsup: Processing really made the difference. But hang onto all your AVIs, coz I want the mosaic next! ;)

Cheers -

[goober]

Yep, director of the Lick Observatory. Never heard of a Ford crater on the moon, but there's probably one up there somewhere :)