First Moon photo attempt

[HumanEnergy]

Finally had a couple of cloud free nights so I had a go at photographing the Moon last night. Taken with a Sony A-55 DSLR camera attached directly to a Celestron Nexstar SLT 127 with a t-adaptor.

Underexposed it a bit originally to cut down some of the glare, then upped the brightness a bit in Photoshop Elements.

[jgs001]

Off to a great start there. There's a bit more noise than needs be... you don't need ISO1600... drop the ISO to the lowest value. That will drop the shutter speed a lot, but that's ok. You'll probably get a shutter speed of around 1/30 or so... I regularly use that on a camera tripod at similar focal lengths.

[barkis]

Nothing to worry about there, It's a very good first attempt.

Tricky getting lunar exposures right, especially as the illumination increases with the phase. You did good here though.

Ron.

[idlelimey]

That's great! Where did you get the adapter for a Sony Alpha? Could you post a link?

Thanks for sharing

[HumanEnergy]

Thanks for the comments.

I wanted to get a higher shutter speed as I was worried about a lower speed causing blurring, which is why I used a high ISO, but I'll give it another go with a nice low ISO.

I got the T-Ring (got my terminology mixed up on the first post!) from Harrison Telescopes. I believe you only need the T-Adaptor if your telescope isn't threaded to accept the camera, luckily mine is.

[Stargazing_Cliff]

Exellent

[Telrad]

That's a wonderful image Human Energy. I think it's great for a first attempt too

[astropete]

hi, as first pics go you have bagged a good one. as the song goes "things can only get better". trail and error and dont be put off. well done.

[HumanEnergy]

Thanks for the further comments I will be out there again tonight giving it another go, clouds permitting!

[Moon monkey]

very nice

[Vicky]

I like the crater detail in this pic

[Adz]

Great to see such a good lunar imaging community. Nice first go at the moon, I especially like your straight terminator Make sure to use a remote or timer when lowering the ISO for cleaner shots

[luis]

Nice moon !

As jgs001 said, drop the ISO to the lowest value, and you´ll get a really impressive moon!

Regards,Luis