Thread: Newbie
View Single Post
  #9  
Old 23-11-2015, 10:41 AM
brian nordstrom (As avatar)
Registered User

brian nordstrom is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Perth WA
Posts: 4,374
Those are a pretty good effort for first attempt , my advice is grab a better 3x GSO ( minimum ) barlow , as I see it all the problems with these are induced by that E/bay 5x barlow as the scope and camera are of good quality .

Raymo , I find my iStar 127mm f8 achromat and Sony alpha DSLR take awesome luna shots , the larger one is at 2000mm using a 2x TV powermate , and the smaller one is native 1000mm not to much wrong with these I think .
The 3rd shot is probably my best , this is only cropped and resized , taken with the above gear at 1000mm .

They are untouched .

Visionary , I hope this gives you something to shoot for ( pun intended ) as shooting the moon is very satisfying .
Focus is the hardest part I find , but with todays cameras we just shoot , focus , shoot focus , over and over , taking notes and measurements on the focuser and after a while you will learn the point of best focus , it is not as hard as it sounds , also don't use the cameras screen as they all look good when seen on the small camera screen , download into your computer and view them on the big screen and you will see subtle differences in each shot , best of all just enjoy it .

Brian.
Attached Thumbnails
Click for full-size image (DSLRand Isar 072.jpg)
133.4 KB44 views
Click for full-size image (DSLRand Isar 056.jpg)
69.4 KB35 views
Click for full-size image (WP_20131112_028 (877x1000).jpg)
72.8 KB42 views

Last edited by brian nordstrom; 23-11-2015 at 10:53 AM.
Reply With Quote