Afternoon moon

[dannybgoode]

OK it's just the moon but this is my first shot using a camera attached to a telescope.  Love the soft look of a daylight moon and overall I am pretty happy with it.  Long way to go with it all but at least it's a start.  The moon is actually a really nice target to start with - easy to find and focus on and a great benchmark shot.  Lots of detail to pull out if focus is nailed etc.

Setup is an SW Explorer 150P and an unmodded Canon 500D on an SW AZ EQ6GT - totally unpowered for this one, just manhandled in to position.  This is a single shot ISO 100, shutter speed 1/1250 in RAW and processed in DXO Photolab.

[Paz]

Nice picture, I'm a big fan of checking out the moon in daylight, it always has a look to me like a scene out of star wars.

[Stu]

A very good start it is too Danny. I love the moon against a deep blue sky, and you’ve captured it well. Been looking at it in daylight myself these last few days

[dannybgoode]

10 minutes ago, Paz said:

Nice picture, I'm a big fan of checking out the moon in daylight, it always has a look to me like a scene out of star wars.

Doesn't it just.  And I love how all the detail is still there just with a bit of a different look to it.  More defuse but I can spend hours looking in to all the little details.

[dannybgoode]

Just now, Stu said:

A very start it is too Danny. I love the moon against a deep blue sky, and you’ve captured it well.

Thank you! I think for now I am going to skip a proper astro cam and stick with the 500D.  Sure it has it's limitations but its far more capable that I am at this stage.

Would rather plough the money in to a nice imaging OTA for now I think but I'm certainly coming down with imaging fever!

[Stu]

2 minutes ago, dannybgoode said:

Thank you! I think for now I am going to skip a proper astro cam and stick with the 500D.  Sure it has it's limitations but its far more capable that I am at this stage.

Would rather plough the money in to a nice imaging OTA for now I think but I'm certainly coming down with imaging fever!

Certainly don’t need one for the moon, that’s one advantage  

Never really been taken with imaging myself, just enjoy looking at others’ work, and jabbing a smartphone at the eyepiece every now and then  

[dannybgoode]

9 minutes ago, Stu said:

Certainly don’t need one for the moon, that’s one advantage  

Never really been taken with imaging myself, just enjoy looking at others’ work, and jabbing a smartphone at the eyepiece every now and then  

I love anything to do with photography so it’s a natural step for me - see what I can create.