A few first attempts of the moon

[Methos]

Hi all I know I shouldn't have with equipment I got, but I couldn't resist having a go at imaging the moon (Afocal) I have a Skywatcher 150p Dob and a normal 10mp digi camera.

[Ewok]

Nothing wrong with them Scott, well done.

[Zul]

Great images Nice job!

[Takahashi]

Hi all I know I shouldn't have with equipment I got, but I couldn't resist having a go at imaging the moon...

Why on Earth not?!? These are great for being your first afocals.

[DrNeb]

Why on Earth not?!? These are great for being your first afocals.

Too right!

I've got the Afocal bug now Jupiter is a right pain with a manual scope!

[Methos]

Thank you guys I've tried Jupiter too, but have failed . I've got a 2x barlow now so I'll have another go using that, but I'm not holding my breath.

[Sierra Golf Mike]

Pretty good for afocal shots Scott, well done!

Cheers

[Stargazing_Cliff]

They amazing well done for first attempts at moon.

[Patbloke]

Well done those are ace... when you say a normal 10mp camera which one do you mean? I have been bought a Nikon D3000 and would love to know what settings you had yours on...

Cheers

[Methos]

Thank you guys! Hi Patbloke I'm using a Panasonic Lumix 10Mp Camera, I set the the film speed (ISO) at 1600, then I underexposed the shot as i was getting whited out on the gbbous moon, I took loads of shots and it really is hit and miss (well for me it was lol). I pretty sure I had left the camera on normal exposure (0) for the crescent moon, and then I did a little processing using Windows Live on both images! Hope that helps (Sorry for the late reply)

Good luck and clear skies

Scott

[ianaiken]

Good shots, and I like how you took them also makes the shots even better.

[Patbloke]

Thanks, was really tempted to have a go last night with the camera again, but ended up surfin the skies and hitting my usual favs... making the most of a clear night!