Moon

[Crash Nebula]

I took this picture a little while ago and managed to upload it to the comp a while ago. Check it out!

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2036/moon1gi.th.jpg (http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=moon1gi.jpg)

[fringe_dweller]

Charlie, nice catch mate :2thumbs: kinda eerie looking moon!
Kearn

[Crash Nebula]

Thanks! If I get all my homework done tonight i'll go any have a look for jupiter and stuff. I don't really know my way around the sky very well... skymaps help alot... and my dad :P
That's the first shot I got through my scope, I did some tweaking in photoshop, sharper edges etc. glad you like it :D

[davidpretorius]

Hey, great one!

What eyepieces did you end up getting and what sort of camera???

[Crash Nebula]

I have a 10mm and a 25mm eyepiece. I was using a 3.2 megapixel digital cam held up to the eyepiece. This was taken with the 25mm one. (Thats smaller, right? :doh: )

[davidpretorius]

yes, the 25mm will give you smaller views, the 10mm more close up views.

What is the focal length of your 8" saxon, 1000mm?

divide 1000mm by 25mm = 40 x magnification

divide 1000mm by 10mm = 100 x magnification

Also have you got enough saved for a Universal Digiscoping Adapter $69 plus freight. It will make taking pics thru the eyepiece of the telescope much easier.

Are you subscribing to to any magazines yet?

How good is your computer, and do you have broadband?
http://www.skyviewcafe.com/skyview.php

is great for knowing what is in the sky and identifying objects.

Venus is very bright in the west, Jupiter is very low in the west once the sun has gone down, Mars is rising in the east at 10:50 tonight, Saturn 4am.

If you can see the southern cross in the south and also the two really bright stars a bit above the cross, can you see the that one of these really bright ones is a double star?

Your 10mm should be able to show you the double!

[Chrissyo]

Hey, thats cool. I like it :)

I've never been able to photograph moonshine through my telescope. I have always just had to use the tripod and zoom the camera in. Keep it up :)

[Crash Nebula]

hmm. I think the focal length is 1200. Lemme check...
...
Yep. 1200mm.
Does that mean...
1200/25 = 48x
and
1200/10 = 120x?

Cool. See you guys tomorrow with some more pics... c'mon, darkness, hurry! :D

[davidpretorius]

spot on!

[fringe_dweller]

good luck with it Crash! all i would suggest is maybe going for a shorter exposure next time on a bright moon - as it is a tiny bit overexposed - i dont know if you camera has manual settings but if it does set the exposure time/shutterspeed to something like 60th or 125th of a second or even faster (especially if it is a brighter moon) you can always bring up the brightness when you process it in photoshop - it will stop it blurring as well dude,
Anyway enjoy! - looks like a nice scope!
Kearn