Basic Moon Pic - Very First attempt

[Earthshine]

Hi all,

I've had permission to post this pic on behalf of a work colleague (Millie). She will be joining the forum herself soon but in the meantime she said it was okay to post this basic Moon pic on her behalf.

A little background:

It was taken by a Compact Digital Camera which was just placed & held on the eyepiece of a Meade 125 ETX scope with a 15 mm plossl eyepiece. She just got the equipment last week and this was her fist night of viewing.

This is the basic raw image with no timed exposure/stacking or Photoshop processing.

She's aware that the experts will tear it to bits but for her very first attempt with her new scope she's very chuffed indeed!

Mike :-)

[adamsp123]

Darn good attempt through the eyepiece a lot better than my first try and on the first go with the scope, my hat is off, now she will get hooked on imaging - time to pass the stress ball!

[RichieJarvis]

No tearing apart needed - its a good image and shows plenty of detail. Tell her to keep up the good work!

[Taff]

Hi Mike' that's a great capture of the moon.Nice details there.Mark

[Jayla]

Very nice, I wish I could get images like that

Keep 'em coming!

J

[proflight2000]

That is such a nice picture, I love it when people use the terminator to bring out the detail. The craters are chrisp, the picture looks to be in good focus considering how it was taken and to be honest, id like a few like that. Well done.

[oceanheadted]

Mike,

that's a great photo, especially considering it was taken with a fairly rudimentary set up! Looks like someone has a flair for imaging.

thanks for posting it

Alan

[stefski]

Great image through the ep!!! Millie must have steady hands!!

[greenkat]

Thats a brilliant first image , good reason to be chuffed.

Just a little adjustment in some photo software and hey presto

[PH-R]

Well I think that is a lovely sharp image.

Well done.

Best wishes,

Paul