High Resolution 4.6 day old moon
My "main" moon page is here. These are some eyepiece project moon pictures, along with a DSLR. These with with a ScopeTronix adapter that I didn't keep very long. I need to get out my Takahashi EP projection adapter and see what I can do one of these days.
Moon Pictures: ScopeTronix MaxView DSLR II & Nikon D100 DSLR shots (add'l details below).
Above: large moon! 3008x2000 pixel, 360KB. I kind of like this one. I can't tell whether the craters on the mid-right-lower are innies or outies; it's like an optical illusion. 1/4 sec ISO 800 as described below. 1/14/2005, 7:48 p.m. US Central time. Moon 4.6 days old, 27% illuminated. 9mm Nagler.
Above: named features for top high rez image. Sorry for the varying orientation ;-) Astronomy mag 2/2005 page 84,85 has a picture that partially overlaps my image, notably Rheita and Vallis Rheita (and Young). This valley is 300 miles long by 20 miles wide. Rheita is ~44 miles wide and Young is ~29 miles wide. Also, check out the fault line in Petavius.
Nice View
The scarp is very visible upper left on this one. 1/14/2005, 4.6 day old moon for above 2 pictures.
All images shot through Takahashi TOA 130 (5") APO refractor & Televue Nagler 9mm eyepiece using EP projection. Tough night with high clouds, bad seeing and trees!
Notes: 1st night out with the Scopetronix Maxview DSLR adapter that can take 2" EPs. The camera t-ring was not securely protected so the jury's still out until that's corrected.
Here's a close DSLR shot, full sized from 10/8/2005...
Dick's NexImage Moon Pictures: More large moon shots here (12/19/04)
Visual index of my moon photos here.
Astronomy Pictures: Dick Locke's Astrophoto Gateway page....
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