What you mean you can't find the moon?

[MrStorm]

I know, right? I literally stood and asked myself that very question for a good 30 minutes whilst standing in the cool crisp Northern Ireland air tonight...

After an intense period of head scratching and language my mother probably wouldn't approve of, I finally found it through the scope and bagged my first shots. Apart from the aforementioned difficulties in just finding the moon through the scope, I also noticed focusing is very minute and almost hit or miss entirely when trying to look through the cameras viewfinder.

It's by no means perfect but it's still by far a hundred times better than I've ever managed to do with just the camera and a zoom lens.

Any tips or advice on how to improve, criticisms on what I've most likely done wrong or even just general abuse for being a noob that couldn't even find the moon on a clear night is very welcome.

Thanks for looking.

[frugal]

It is certainly a lot better than any shot of the moon I have taken. The only slight criticism I would have is that it looks a little over exposed.

[Leveye]

I'd say it's exposed perfectly. It could be just a tad sharper but thats a small sniglet you could play with in post. Nice work!

[CSM]

I got put off Dobsonians when at a Star Party and a guy was trying to find the Moon through his 10".  After about 15 mins he gave up.  Guess he didn't really have the finderscope well enough aligned and as both he and I were somewhat ancient and the Moon was high, bending down to peer through it was a bit painful.  I think it also clouded over somewhat after that.  But obviously very good scopes for the views and a good picture.

[Alien 13]

You should see me some nights trying to find a target using only the camera live with the scope only 37" off the ground thankfully is a flip out screen. Good shot of the moon though..

[glowingturnip]

happens all too frequently to me, not being able to find the sun because i can't use the finderscope

[cantab]

From the title I thought this was going to be a complaint about GoTo!

Nice pic anyway.

[Stargazer 2013]

Takes me a few attempts to get the moon in my lens.I have a scope that's upside down and up is down and down is up,frustrating ..