Moon and Venus 27/11/2011

[firstlight]

Saw the crescent Moon and Venus in the sky yesterday evening so I thought I would have a go at shooting it with my old 300mm f4.5 Tair-3S. The separation to Venus was just a bit too much to get them both in the field, so here is a couple of panes, total image cropped to get rid of the misalignment. ISO 1600, 1/4 second each, modded Canon 450D.

[RichardJ]

Hi Tony,

Lovely shot. I like the way you've captured the Earthshine as well.

regards,

RichardJ

[iceman]

I like it!

[firstlight]

Thanks Mike and Richard.

Just need to take some flatfields to get rid of the vignetting, then it will be quite a reasonable shot.

[h0ughy]

great work Tony

[astronobob]

Wicked view Tony, good work indeed !

[firstlight]

Thanks Dave and Bob.

[Troy]

Good image Tony. :thumbsup:

[firstlight]

Thanks Troy

[A23649]

how did you mount your Tair 3s? tripod? hand held? because that lens is massively heavy. also where did you get your M42 to Canon mount because i need one to attach it to my canon 350D