more moonage from the doghouse with a bigger bone 5/2/12

[h0ughy]

This was captured tonight from the Meade 14 at f6.2 and the canon40D. At least i now know i will never get it all in the field of view. only tracking was at lunar rate. its basic but its an image. I have more tweaking to do setting the gear up before i tackle some deep sky stuff. but this weather is not holding out:sadeyes:

[bartman]

Still a nice shot David!
Thought of doing a mosaic?
Bartman

[iceman]

Looks... big! Nice one dave!

[Clayton]

Nice one David :)

[leon]

Very close and personal looks pretty good to me Dave.

Leon

[h0ughy]

no havent thought of that. not that clever

yes its in your face eh - certainly a struggle to fit the frameing

thanks Clayton

thanks Leon

[tornado33]

Nicely processed too good contrast there. Scopes working great.
Scott

[Inflow]

Nice one, even looked good on news just then :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

thanks Scott, thanks to you we got it working more than it was ;)



Thanks Geoff, i missed the news and weather - was mowing the lawn. BTW you wouldn't work for a certain regional TV station in newcastle would you ;)?

[venus]

Congratulations on your NAS presidency!
Great image David. Good to see the Moon again.

[alan meehan]

well done Dave its certainly up close and personal ,the detail looks great cant wait to see some deep sky images ,if we ever see the night sky again
AL

[h0ughy]

thanks lydia.



i cant wait for the deep sky stuff as well;) thanks Al

[Inflow]

who? me? what would make you think that...;)

[h0ughy]

no idea really..... noticed you have only made a few posts - hope you like the site

[strongmanmike]

A couple of people asked here at work if that was my moon image on the news :lol: (well, it was a astronomical image and I must be the only astrophotographer out there :rolleyes:)..no I said, that would probably have been my mate David Hough here in Newie...and low and behold it was - I'm psychic ;)

Mike

[h0ughy]

Thanks Mike:thumbsup: – maybe you should take the kudos:P as after all you are my mentor:) and as a former world class strongman I can’t argue with you:help:. Don’t you just love the clear crisp clean skies we are experiencing:confused2:? Its like being trapped in a room with white noise playing 24h a day 7 days a week, so far for 7 months….:question::mad2:

[h0ughy]

did a small repro:question:

[astronobob]

Thems the best moonage i seen for quite a while David, Top Stuff :thumbsup:

[michaellxv]

Wow that looks great. Anything up to a quater moon would fit very nicely in that scale.

[h0ughy]

thanks Bob:thumbsup:, though i must admit it is a very average shot. i have seen much, much, better shots by others who have knowledge and talent;):thanx:

[h0ughy]

:question: wow i didnt think of that:thumbsup:. might try that one day....one clear day......sometime in the future..... when this ruddy cloud goes

[h0ughy]

OK last tweak/sidonio:shrug: i dont know if i have made it worse - over processed the life out of it or if it looks better. I am so far out of touch its not funny.

[sheeny]

Hmmm... Dave ... do you have a solar filter for the 14"?

The FOV you're getting with the DSLR is about the same I get with the DMK41 through the ED80... except you'll get a lot more resolution from the DSLR...

If only the seeing would be up to it...:sadeyes:

Al.

[h0ughy]

umm no- wonder how much they are......:D