The upsidedown moon

[Dennis G]

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Can some one kindly answer this question?
In my opinion the photograph is of the large prominent crater on the southern face of the moon. If this is correct, it was taken on the evening of the 30th March 07 when the moon was lit from the western side. To make the photograph appear as we see the moon it would need to be flipped top to bottom. Is this correct? If so then all those shots taken with the Toucam must be flipped?
And finally I'd like to know if I have a good picture. I processed it in Registax allowing the software to choose the best frame out of 25 and did not use Wavelets but finished it in Photoshop.

[ving (David)]

its tycho
as for flipping it...well one could very well state that from space there is no up and down
I dont really mind which way up it is.
converted to greyscale it would look better me thinks.

[rmcpb (Rob)]

You have a great image there but I agree with David that it would look better in greyscale.

As for up and down, I tend to orientate all my images with how I see the moon in the sky that night if that makes sense.

Cheers

[iceman (Mike)]

Excellent image Dennis. Why is it green? Do you have a dodgy tinted IR/UV block filter?

Also it's only 320x240 - make sure you set the Toucam to capture in 640x480 mode!

[Bobj]

Took a pic of the moon on the 28th March, 6pm, just holding my Panasonic DMC FZ-7 at 66x power. Canopus stands out well.
Sorry that I couldn't get the moon centred.........holding a camera at arms' length is not the best.

[DobDobDob (Ron)]

I can't see Canopus

[firstlight (Tony)]

Originally Posted by Bobj

Took a pic of the moon on the 28th March, 6pm, just holding my Panasonic DMC FZ-7 at 66x power. Canopus stands out well.
Sorry that I couldn't get the moon centred.........holding a camera at arms' length is not the best.

Was that Copernicus?... looks good

[Bobj]

Originally Posted by firstlight

Was that Copernicus?... looks good

ThassitHad just been reading about Canopus...........

[OneOfOne (Trevor)]

I subscribe to both the Australian and American Sky & Telescope and if you compare the articles on the Moon they are the same, but the images have been flipped.

Although there is no concept of up or down in space, I would prefer to see a shot in the same orientation that I see in the sky otherwise it looks a bit funny.

[ving (David)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Excellent image Dennis. Why is it green? Do you have a dodgy tinted IR/UV block filter?

Also it's only 320x240 - make sure you set the Toucam to capture in 640x480 mode!

cheap moon filters are often green mike I used to have one

[Uchtungbaby]

I like the moon photo. It feels great when everything lines up and the photo comes out clear. It must have been difficult to do back in the days when there were no digital cameras. With those old film cameras, a person would not know what they were getting until the film was developed.

I put a picture of the moon that I photographed (last year) on another thread on this page. I found that by manipulating contrast and supersharp in Photoshop, I was able to get the craters to really stand out.

[Uchtungbaby]

Furchrissakes,

I hope our boys can get that weapon in place at just the right time. Oh my God, I'm at the wrong website. Can someone tell me if this is- Blow up the World.com. I tell you what we really need a link from here to that site. It would be enormously popular.

[Dennis G]

Green Moon Filter purchased with total ignorance! Thanks to all who replied to my question it has given me a lot of encouragement to continue trying. I didn't like the colour either, so I cut up a light reduction 55 mm filter and with the aid of a disc of Silicon glass beveling belt glued to my disc sander and a wet sponge I ground two 20 mm discs and replaced the green filter. Took close on 2 hours grinding but itworked. Now I'm waiting for hugie to bring back the moon so that I can test it out.
I'd be very greatful if some one could assist me to calculate how much I'd need to bring the reducer I purchased into focus. See the article published about a week ago and Blue Skies very kind reply.
Finally can some one tell me how to change to 640 x 480 as Mick suggests. If it will make better pics I'm willing to try.
And if you haven't made a illuminated finder you are missing out. Mine is a dream to use!
Dennis G

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

Yep, got one of them green moon filters with the new newtonian last week. Keepin it for kids viewing nights to convince them it really is made of cheese
Getting around to the illuminated finder but priority is an artificial star thingy to get this newtonian set up proper in daytime, still too fiddly in the dark playing with phillips drivers

[Uchtungbaby]

What's an illuminated finder do? How would I make one myself?

[iceman (Mike)]

Originally Posted by Uchtungbaby

What's an illuminated finder do? How would I make one myself?

Illuminated Finder

or the very basic version:

Illuminated Finder

Dennis' is much better

[AJames]

Single point here. The reason why moon filters are green as they are used to improve the contrast, which is especially problematic during phase near or during full moon. Some recommend using this in daylight, but I find it makes the moon appear more washed out. Probably better to use a polarising filter or even darken the field using a neutral density filter or a series of them.

[bluescope]

Here's your moon in greyscale !