The moon is made of what?

[The Warthog]

Last week, I was out looking at our sister planet through a green filter at first (I find it improves contrast on the maria where the sun is already high) and decided to try my fix for the problem of not being able to take afocal pictures because the light meter on the camera is not behind the lens. Instead, I took an mpeg, which uses available light, and got a decent exposure on a 320 x 240 frame.

The first shot was through my 24mm Speers-WALER, and the second through my 8mm X-Cel.

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Flippin' 'eck WH! Imaging? Whatever next!

Great shots mate, that seems to work for you quite well, I'm very pleased for you.

Next stop, a black belt in Registaxing!

Captain Chaos

[geppetto]

That hit the spot..

Nice ones WH 8)

[dazza1639]

Great shots WH, I think your at the top of a very slippery slop before you know it you'll be posting images and buying gear at a rate of knots and giving Martin a run for his money . Judging by these we'll be in for some cracking images from you.

Darren

[Caz]

Well, I never thought I would see the day!! 2 great captures WH.

I do hope we get to see more from you in the future?

Caz

[Cloudwatcher]

Were you humming Blue Green Moon when you took that first shot,WH?

[dazza1639]

As to your question "What is the moon made of?", by the look of your first image I'd have to say Green Cheese . mmmmm more cheese Gromit.

Darren

[SteelRat]

Good stuff WH. C'mon mate, let's have some more eh? Good detail in that 2nd shot 8)

[The Warthog]

Were you humming Blue Green Moon when you took that first shot,WH?

No, I had a nice Dominican Henry Clay lit up, so I was humming "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes."

[garymcgrory]

great image WH I'm green with envy, not only about the great pictures but for the very nice stoggie.

well done. :moon:

[centroid]

Welcome to the really frustrating side of amateur astronomy, now you can struggle with the rest of us

Nice pics BTW.

Dave

[The Warthog]

Thanks, folks! I'm thinking of dusting off my old but good Fujica SLR, and doing some more lunar photography.

These were taken through my 105mm refractor, BTW.

[lunator]

WH

very nice pics.

Be careful the imaging bug is beginning to bite

Cheers

ian

[The Warthog]

I'm only going to do it once in a while! Just until I need stronger glasses! And only lunar shots, honest. :insects1:

[daz]

Yeah, yeah! We all say that!

Lovely images WH!

[barkis]

Thanks, folks! I'm thinking of dusting off my old but good Fujica SLR, and doing some more lunar photography.

These were taken through my 105mm refractor, BTW.

Hey!, I have an old Fujica too WH. It has not been out of its bag for a number of years now. Some of my best lunar shots were taken with that camera, and I regard it as a very good friend, and I will never part with it. We have shared many frozen hours together in the depths of winter, devouring rolls of Tri-x film. Ah. Those were the days my friend. (That's the name of a song Isn't It.)

Ron.