Moon!

[Kain]

First ever pic!!

I expected the moon to be bigger in the view though

I tried using the 3X Barlow lens too, all I viewed was a blur!

I'm quite pleased with that though!

Kain

[Kain]

Try this

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/64/moon3xe.jpg

Kain

[FLO]

Have modified original post to show pic.

Blimey Kain, posting images already 8)

Nice one

[OXO]

Nice one Kain gotta be a good un that for first time!

Well Done

James

[Albireo380]

Good to see your first ever Moon pic, Kain. Much better than mine was!

Using a Barlow increases the image size, but can make crisp focussing very difficult - keep trying.

Tom

[OXO]

Yes the more Mag the harder to focus plus you must remember the limits of your scope too pushing it to high will just blur the image too Kain..

James

[Naz]

Good attempt for a first go Kain, keep at it, and you will soon be joining the rest of them in producing first class images.

naz

[Kain]

Just taken another pic

I'm actually looking through a closed window at the moment, taking the scope outisde in a sec..

Oh and I just fon't jupiter too! but the floorboards keep making the scope wobble lol!

Kain

[OXO]

First advice is dont look though windows close or open if you can help it the gass in the windows will deff effect your views also the heat from your house is riseing thus cause's effects in your telescopes atomspherics.

You should see a big differance when you go outside.

James

[Jamie]

Sorry Kain but if you wanna do astronomy

you gotta get cold.

Get your kit outside.

[GazOC]

Sorry Kain but if you wanna do astronomy

you gotta get cold.

Get your kit outside.

Sad but true. Nice first picture though mate!!

[Kain]

Yeah just came back in from outside..

Does the streetllights make speakles in the lenses when looking through them?

Pics to follow in a sec!

Kain

[Kain]

These came out ok.

I managed to see Jupiter and 3 of it's moons (possibly 4 can't remember) I couldn't see any banding though, but I'm still getting to grips with the scope and the full moon is very close.. I couldn't find Saturn at all!

I'm really impressed with what I have seen, can't wait for tomorrow night now! Shame its getting abit damp now though..

Kain

[OXO]

Excellent start to your Astronomy Kain and some nice details coming through in those images matey, which camera are you using for your pics?

James

[Kain]

It's a cannon powershot A70.

I really wish I could have found Saturn, I thought it was almost overhead, but when I found it on the scope it was just a star..

Any idea about the speckles they went after i shielded the streetlights away.. Or could the air have been getting damp?

Kain

[OXO]

Saturn won't e over head Kain not sure even if it's out at the moment tbh, the speckles yes sorry they will be reflections from the streetlights(Sounds about right).

The air does get Damp this cause's Dew to form on some scopes mirrors or lens Kain..

James

[Kain]

Ahh right, I was worried I screwed something up when seening the speckles lol!

Kain

[FLO]

Canon's A series Powershot cameras are good for thru-the-eyepiece photography

[Kain]

I figured out that Barlow lens, its very tricky to focus when using it.

Kain

[OXO]

Yes using the Barlow will triple ya Mag's Kain and if the sky is unsettled its really hard to focus even in the bigger scopes

James

[Kain]

Yeah, me of all people know what the weather has been like.

Theres this nasty haze around at the moment, but we almost had a hell of a storm earler, but the CB was capped.

Could that have been the reason I couln't see the bands on Jupiter?

Kain

[Kain]

Oh I forgot to mention, while observing the moon, I saw something pass in front of the face quite quickly, could it have been satellite?

Kain

[FLO]

Theres this nasty haze around at the moment...

Could that have been the reason I couln't see the bands on Jupiter?

That, and the glow from the Moon.

[geppetto]

What a great start, well done Kain.

Don't forget to save these images and when you become a pro astro photographer

you can see where you came from. 8)

Another thing, imaging a full moon is very difficult to get right so you set youreself a

task with those.

If you can try again on say a quarter moon, image the terminator (part of moon between light and dark)

and you will get much better contrasty images.

Have fun

[Naz]

Oh I forgot to mention, while observing the moon, I saw something pass in front of the face quite quickly, could it have been satellite?

Kain

It most likely was a satelitte, it can be like Piccadilly Circus some times, with them the pesky things going across your field, just ask Ambermile

You have made a great start to observing and imaging, keep the questions coming.

naz