Another lunar view

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Took some video footage of the moon last night and posted a small grab in the link below.

Equipment:
8" Newtonian reflector, Dobsonian mount.
1/3" Sony HAD CCD Video Cam mounted prime focus, lunar filter.
Captured with VirtualDub and then sized down with MS MovieMaker

Location: Sydney, Inner West

Still getting to grips with the video settings, but it's fun
Should also add this was my first crack of imaging, rough and ready but gotta start somewhere !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22268856@N04/3346008007/

Cheers!

[Quark (Trevor)]

Hi Adam,

Yep, everyone has got to start somewhere and the Moon sure is a big bright target. Congratulations on your first successful attempt. I recall that my first attempts at astrophotography produces lots of squiggly coloured lines.

Well done
Regards
Trevor

[sheeny (Al)]

Good start Adam. Nice camera control and exposure. Not many people present video as such, most stack it and process it into stills. Nice to see video for a change.

Al.

[Shano592 (Shane)]

That was cool!

It is a shame that so much definition is lost when the sun is face-on. I notice that a half-moon shows the crater edges, in such geat detail.

Still, Adam, this is beauty.

[iceman (Mike)]

Very nice, well done!

I like the "fly over" feel.. It's given me some ideas

Well done.

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Hey all, thanks for that...advantages of non-guiding