First Lunar Attempt

[Andrew.Rappolt]

Hey guys,

This is my first attempt at astrophotography and thought I would post it to get some feedback.

This was taken Aug 6, 2011 (posted a little late) at approx 2300.

ISO:1600

Exposure:1/160 sec

Taken through a Celestron Nexstar 6 SE and a Nikon D3100 DSLR camera.

Thanks for looking.

[ScubaMike]

Hi Andrew,

No experience of DSLR (i use soley Webcams), but nice first attempt.

Nothing like your first picture, is there?

Prepare yourself for lots of frustration improving your imaging now that you have a baseline to work from.

[Mike Hackenbacker]

that is an excellent shot.i use a compact camera for the moon,but this shows me i need to use my dslr camera

[Stargazing_Cliff]

Thats brilliant for your first attempt imaging.

[todd8137]

nice first go

[Ivor Scope]

Nice picture, good detail, you have set yourself a high bar

[Steve 1962]

Hi Andrew

That's a cracking shot - a heck of a lot better than my first attempt. My only comment (since you've asked for feedback) is that the limb is slightly over-exposed. The best way to deal with that is to "bracket" a series of exposures of different durations, and see which one looks best.

Hope that's constructive.

Steve