Moon with Mintron 2

[mick pinner]

tried some more settings tonight with better results, one through the Zenithstar and one with the LX200@ F/6.3.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

That 2nd pic is a stunner Mick!
Excellent shots for a security camera!!!
Must look good wired through to your TV instead of a small computer screen.

Nice to know even the Moon is under security video surviellance

[asimov (John)]

Good job mate. Progressing nicely.

[davidpretorius]

it is so great, we have lumera's, dragonflys, all the big canon ranges, toucam, lpi's, video cameras, security cameras, kodaks & box brownies all putting out great astro shots!!

nice work mate!

[johnno]

Great Pic,s Mick,
And as Ken said,especially the second one.
Regards.
John

[Robert_T]

Nice shots Mick


With the zenithstar shot were you using any filtering to reduce chromatic abberation or was is "as is"?

cheers,

[mick pinner]

just a normal moon filter Robert, l'm trying a lot of different things to cut down the intense light the camera picks up.

[Robert_T]

Originally Posted by mick pinner

just a normal moon filter Robert, l'm trying a lot of different things to cut down the intense light the camera picks up.

Hi Mick, you might find a plain red coloured filter (with video set to B&W) will greatly reduce the light and also the effects of chromatic abberation and even seeing.

cheers,

[Striker (Tony)]

Well done mick....it is a challenge with such a sensative camera not to over expose on bright targets.

[mick pinner]

l'll try the red filter, thank you Robert.