Moon from 29th Dec 2006

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Here are some pics I captured last night while waiting for the pesky moon to disappear so I could try out my new NPB filter. The first image shows the "wall" of Rupes Recta (perfect timing to capture this feature). The second one shows some of the significant moountain ranges on the moon and Plato. The third image shows Clavius. The remaining images are of Copernicus and Eratosthenes.

All photos are handheld using a 2Mp Canon A40 point and shoot camera through my 12.5" dob using either a 19mm Panoptic or 8mm Radian eyepiece.

[Dennis]

A beautiful portfolio Andrew. Look forward to seeing some images of objects that aren't a pesky nuisance!

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy (David)]

Nice one Andrew, and all through the push too?

[Ric]

Lovely images Andrew, they are all very detailed and well resolved.

Very nice indeed

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Excellent Andrew. You have captured a nice variety of features

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Cheers guys. Thanks for the comments. The images have been resized and sharpen a tiny bit in Irfanview. I could probably tinker with the gamma, etc to get a better looking shot, and I might have a play if I can find some time.

Houghy - all captured with the push to - these were the pick of the bunch with a fair percentage of them showing some blurring - more due to my unsteady hand than the lack of tracking.

I should be dragging out the ToUCam and laptop, but I just enjoy the simplicity of the handheld afocal shots with a digital point and shoot camera. Maybe I will get the ToUcam going tonight and grab some shots of the moon and of Saturn.

[leon]

Who needs a Canon 5D, great images, Chris

Cheers Leon

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

My favorite is Plato, with the Alps and Appennines. Mare Imbrium is beautiful this time of the month.
Well done Andrew.
Who needs tracking hey?

[Rodstar (Rod)]

It is indeed quite incredible what can be achieved these days with a point and shoot.

I have done quite a bit of lunar observing in the last 3-4 days. It is great to be able to cast another eye over the features I have been observing, in daylight. The Rupes Recta is a cracker!

Thanks for sharing.

[sheeny (Al)]

Beautifully sharp for single shots Andrew! Well done! Seeing must've been good too.

Al.

[acropolite (Phil)]

Excellent shots Andrew.

[ving (David)]

lovely and sharp andrew!!!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Nice shootin' Andrew! Welcome to the Dark Side

I really like your second and second to last shots. The mountains have a very 3D look to them. Great use of shadows and contrast

[dennisjames1]

Beautiful shoots Andrew, you have inspired me i have a Canon Powershot S3 IS so first chance i get i will try, so you just put your canon up to the eye piece and took those shots no other settings were made on your camera mate?

[astro_south (Andrew)]

The only settings I do to the camera away from the auto point and shoot is to set it to Macro (to help with the auto focus), apply some optical camera zoom to get rid of the circular edge of field visible, and force the flash to be OFF (I have occasionally forgotten to do this and the first shot is cactus and so is your night vision - must make the neighbours wonder what is up too!). Good luck with it and be sure to post some results.