Moon Surprise

[DeanB]

Very surprised to get 30 minutes of viewing in last night with the stock CPC925 in manual mode - awaiting budget for add-ons :-)

Spent a while skewing around and settled on the moon - stunning views, bright, but some lovely contrast. pulled out the iPhone, not really thinking I'd get much. Sat down later and found a shot I'm quite chuffed with. First imaging itch scratched :-) Minor adjustments in Snapseed.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Awesome result for an afocal image with a camera phone. It is very hard to get such a sharp result

[Moox]

I was going to post my first imaging efforts of the moon from last night taken with my iphone. I was quite chuffed with them but they aren't as good as yours!

[Langy]

Yes I got some clear skies too after midnight, perched in my front porch with the door wedged open below is my first attempt with the xBox WebCam.

[Moox]

Ok here's my first effort - sorry for the thread piggyback.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Very good indeed for a camera phone. Very sharp and showing lots of crater-rays.

[MegaDonutz]

Nice image DeanB !

[DeanB]

Thanks all! Ooh, sorry, just noticed a section for posting lunar shots. Got too excited :-)

I was very surprised to get a good focus. Certainly more fluke than skill :-) Took three shots, this being the first (!) and best. I just put the edge of a finger betwixt the lens and eyepiece to get a degree of control on focus/image crop.

I removed a bit of magenta/red (LP or eyepiece problem?)

Moox, what eyepiece was that through? Mine was 40mm Stock Celestron.

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[Moox]

i think for this shot it was 2x barlowed 18mm BST, and I slightly cropped into the image.

[Astrosurf]

Great shot Dean. I'm always impressed with these shots. It's so hard to line up the mobile's camera with the narrow beam of light, and getting the exposure right.

[DanLXIX]

That's great - it's this sort of photo that is making me itch to get my scope!

[Pete Presland]

fantastic, very niely captured!

[DeanB]

Thanks, it's giving me the itch to get some AP kit for the CPC - presently reading Making Every Photon Count. I need to upgrade from the 1.25" train on the back first though. That's for another post.

[todd8137]

I have the c 9.25" and for the moon it's a killer scope get a cheap web cam and adapter to get some jaw dropping close ups

Pat

[DeanB]

I've got a 5D mk iii as part of my job, so I'm going to look into getting that fitted up to the CPC next. Just got to work out the minefield of adapters, extensions, back focus, OAG, filters... Et cetera :-)

Dean