Cloud dodging for the moon

[jgs001]

Just a couple...

Taken handheld with the 55-250

I used the OM 2x TC and hooked it all up to the scope... About 800mm... I was fighting the clouds for this though. .

[Viking]

John,

Nice shots. I am pleased that you give the shooting details. I am hoping to mimic your shots tonight.

John

[Doc]

The first one is very sharp especially hand held.

Great shots welll done.

[MrEd]

Nice john.

Been on the terminator last night myself as well while

doing some maintanence.

Conditions were bad ,But you would not think it with your shots.

Good work mate.

Ed

[jgs001]

Thanks guys.

John, I'm a member of a photography forum also, and the shooting details are always handy for finding out why something has gone wrong. So my export process embeds them in the border.

I had a murderous time getting focused with the scope last night. I couldn't get the webcam settings and amount of tubing right, and when I did, all my AVI's appear to be rubbish, shot using a RAW modded webcam and trying to debayer mucks up the image big time.

[barkis]

Those are fine moon shots John. I particularly like the first one which is the shorter exposure.

See how bright Aristarchus is shining. Or is it Kepler? It's like a brand new 10p piece.

Ron.

[jgs001]

Cheers Ron. It looks like my Canon EFS 55-250 handheld is a better setup than my scope on a tracking mount for this sort of thing... I cropped away about 80% of the image to achieve that scale too.

[barkis]

How long was there between the first shot, and the other two John? Is the change in orientation due to a different camera position, or a longer time period?

Ron.

[jgs001]

About 3 hours Ron. The first one was taken about 2030 out the front door, the second pair through the scope at about 2330 after I'd finished with the webcam.

[jamesFSO]

Yup, the 1st one is definately the sharpest.

Was out last night til midnight, but haven't processed anything yet.

Conditions were definately bad, even with a 1.5 barlow the moon was pretty much doing a good impression of a jelly fish.

Still, got to see some features i've not seen before !

JJ

[jgs001]

Thanks JJ. It was a bit blob of jelly wasn't it..