[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks very much Dave, Jeanette, Troy and Warren!

Originally Posted by dpastern

I like it! Well spotted Stephen.

Dave

Glad you like it, Dave! Scorpius is one of my favorite constellations, so it's nice to get out there and photograph it when the opportunity arises.

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Very well presented too.
Lovely work Stephen.

Thanks Jeanette. It's a pity that the 300mm shot isn't sharper, but I don't have a tracking mount so I had to make do with the tripod.

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Well done. And congratulations, too! I noticed one of your images in the latest edition of Sky and Telescope magazine. Awesome.

Thanks, and well spotted Troy! It's nice to have another one published in the mag. (it's actually my 3rd for 2009, so it's been a good year ).

Originally Posted by supernova1965

Hi StephenM

love the pic I was just wondering about the earth shine in your pic I was looking at the moon at the same time that your photo was taken and I saw earth shine but I couldn't see all the detail that your photo shows in the dark area could someone please explain even the photo's I took didn't show the same detail your pic shows?

It's all about exposure time Warren. For this one I intentionally did a 2 sec exposure to bring out the Earthshine detail. Shorter exposures would show much fainter Earthshine. Also it's a 300mm telephoto lens, which captures a fair bit of detail.

Cheers,
Stephen