moon up close

southern 40 · #1 10-10-2006, 03:10 PM

Hi All , well as mike said in his Saturn post the viewing was terrible last night 2/10, so heres a couple of shots from last week.The first is Sinus Iridium & the second Copernicus.
Details - six inch DOB,Nikon CP4500

Dennis · #2 10-10-2006, 03:30 PM

Hi S40

A very nice set of wide field images; it is very pleasing to see these lunar features in their wider setting. Well done on acquiring these without the complexity of a driven mount and a dedicated astro-ccd camera.

Cheers

Dennis

southern 40 · #3 10-10-2006, 08:19 PM

Thks Dennis ,pretty happy with those shots although compared to your fantastic close ups i guess these are wide field

,its as close as i can get with a single shot and still get pleasing results.Might have to invest in a webcam and see how far my DOB will go

Dennis · #4 10-10-2006, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by southern 40

Thks Dennis ,pretty happy with those shots although compared to your fantastic close ups i guess these are wide field

,its as close as i can get with a single shot and still get pleasing results.Might have to invest in a webcam and see how far my DOB will go

Look no further than the talent we have right here, on IIS! Mike (Iceman) and Dave Pretorius have produced top notch images of the Planets and our Moon using dobs and webcams, albeit equatorially driven.

I'm too lazy to do it their way, the hard way, but good luck!

Cheers

Dennis