12'' Dob Afocal images (Saturn and moon)

[orestis]

Hi Everyone,

Its been a long time since I have done any astrophootgraphy since I am usually a visual observer only, but seeing the majestic view of saturn I decided to give it a go.Using my 12'' dob with a 6mm TMb planetary ep which yielded a magnification of 250x.I then holded the camera to the ep and took several vids.I then put it onto the computer and selected still frame shots which I liked and edited them.

With the moon I just took a still frame shot at the ep through a 26mm plossol.

I know these are very poor images compared to the proffesional planetary photgraphers on IIS,but I decided to share it with you anyways.

Hope you like them
Cheers Orestis

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice work, the Moon looks really great!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Wonderful work!
The Moon is awesome.
A lot of us started off imaging just the same way.

[orestis]

Thanks Iceman and JJJ for the encouraging comments.

Cheers Orestis

[Quark (Trevor)]

Well done Orestis, it is amazing what can be done with very basic methods, stick with it. Your Moon image is particularly impressive.

Cheers
Trevor

[michaellxv (Michael)]

oh no, he's going to the dark side
The Moon looks really good.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Great Moon shot.

[orestis]

Thanks everyone

Originally Posted by michaellxv

oh no, he's going to the dark side
The Moon looks really good.

Not quite Michael,I was going to make a sketch of saturn but i didn't have a template.

cheers Orestis

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

I found them....
Good work. Orestis. The Moon looks really good.

Geoffro