My First Picture!

[Zaine UK]

Hi all managed to get my first picture of the moon tonight. I was holding my iPhone 5 up to the eyepiece of my CPC 800 and trying to keep my hand as still as possible in the freezing cold. I'm really pleased with how it came out.

[Zaine UK]

I also used a App to really slow down the aperture speed of the camera on my phone.

[Marki]

Good first effort . Nice shot...lots of sharp definition on the terminator .

[stargazer1960]

HI nice shot for first time which eye piece did you use on the scope. ?

[Marc1980]

Nice shot, great detail to. Well done.

[Zaine UK]

Hi, I was using a Baader Hyperon Zoom on the lowest power.

[Strath]

That is a nice picture and was exactly what I was looking at tonight, too. I spent a great deal of time looking at the little crater that has the two features inside it, just below the horizontal scar, close to the top of the terminator line.

Well done!

[Zaine UK]

Thanks all!

[Jake Bullit]

Great shot

Sent from my HTC HD2

[Tuskernaut]

That's really cool! I was trying to do that last night with my phone too but couldn't get a picture at all. Must try again!

[Zaine UK]

if you have a iPhone download the App Nightmode. It slows the aputure right down. That pictures was taken on 1/15 the normal speed.

[Zaine UK]

Ps... I was on a iPhone 5. Not sure if that would make any difference?

[Obi Wan Ken00bi]

Wauw! Very nice, congrats.

[cfpendock]

That's really nice. And incredible from an i-phone....

Chris

[Knight of Clear Skies]

That's come out really well. Did you do any post-processing, or is that image straight out of the camera?

[Zaine UK]

Straight from the camera on the iPhone 5

[Strath]

That is a nice picture and was exactly what I was looking at tonight, too. I spent a great deal of time looking at the little crater that has the two features inside it, just below the horizontal scar, close to the top of the terminator line.

Well done!

Well, I now know that the 'little crater' is Cassini. The two features inside are Cassini A and Cassini B. The amazing thing is that I could easily make B out and, according to Wikipedia, it is only 9km across!

[Strath]

And, this is what I love about looking at the moon... It makes me want to learn more about the place. This is a lovely write up about the area around Cassini. Here