Afocal Lunar photos

[orestis]

Hi everyone,

I'm not much of an imager but I always like taking a few snapshots of the moon.

The moon was exceptional last night with very high detail observed.

Images were taken through a variety of Eps,a 26mm plossol for the full lunar disk.9mm tmb for wide fields and the 6mm tmb for the closeups.Telescope used was a gso 12'' dob.

Camera used was a panasonic lumix held at the eyepiece.No image processing(not very good at this).

Thanks for viewing.
Orestis

[trent_julie]

Orestis,
Seems like you have a few good captures there mate, the detail is considerably good given that it was an afocal shot. Well done

Trent

[Saturnine (Jeff)]

Hi Orestis

Some nice images you've got there, yes the seeing was excellent last night, Antoniadi 2 out of 5 or most people would say 8 out of 10. Observed lunar last night for about an hour between the clouds clearing and the moon setting behind the neighbours roofline and had some of the best views I can remember using my 150mm f 6.5 refractor, W.O. binos' and BGO 12.5 orthos and 9mm U.O. orthos and 1.6 barlow nosepiece.
Enjoyed the visual so much I couldn't be bothered setting up the webcam, so your images are a goood reminder of what it was like, sharp and steady even at 170X plus. Keep up the good work.

Kid Regards

Jeff

[orestis]

Thanks Trent and Jeff,

It was the best I had seen the moon for a long time.

Regards Orestis