MOON test with TAL 100R + sony A350 13/12/2010

[luis]

Last december, my friend Fred borrow me his refractor the Tal 100R for me to test. He knows I love to test telescopes on the moon, so on last december, I took this shoot.

Its a single photo jpeg unstacked, taken with DSLR sony A350 in prime focus on the 1.25" focuser Tal 100R on a EQ5 without motor.

This telescope is a planet killer !!!

You prefer the normal with CA , or the B/W without CA?

In B/W to kill the CA:

[bigal1]

Both great images with good CA control on the color one hard to decide which i like best , i'm thinking of getting a Tal 100rs so its nice to see what its capable of thanks .

Regards Alan

[AndyH]

Very, very nice sharp pics.

Nothing quite as lovely as pointing the scope at the moons terminator and wandering upand down it. Quite magical, seeing bits of peaks and crator walls lit and the shadows thrown, just wisks me away to imaginationland.

:-)

Andy.

[nightfisher]

Us tal 100 owners have been saying how good these scopes are, now we have the proof! both images are superb

[luis]

Thanks ! I also took these days with a megrez90 to compare.

[kev i]

thats just fantastic well done love it

[StarDome]

Stunning!

[sengoksa]

I had decided on the skywatcher 127 mak as my next

scope but after seeing those images the tal is now on the list

I think they are some of the sharpest moon images ive ever seen

on this forum ...

[nightfisher]

still think these pics are some of the nicest i have seen

[Doc]

Shows how good the TAL100r is

[AndyH]

Русские умеют как сделать хорошее стекло

:DAndy.

[Nexus 6]

Great stuff Luis Both superb images, if you pushed me I'd say the second was the better.

Alan

[Astro_Baby]

I feel vindicated when I always rattle on about the sharpness of the TAL 100

[philj]

Thats a good showpiece for the Tal image quality, I like the colour image, just has the edge for me.

Philj

[Nexus 6]

Русские умеют как сделать хорошее стекло

:DAndy.

My thoughts exactly

Alan

[nutflake]

Fantastic pics Luis. I've just bought a Sony A350 and am looking forward to taking some of my own shots!

[nightfisher]

I will be trying images like this with my tal, and just heard my laptop has been fixed so should be up and running again soon:D

[slim80]

Hi Luis

Two great pics....good colour,good shadow....Cant beat the terminator for some fantastic lunar shots......

[Velikovsky]

Superb! The focus is stunning - you must have had a really clear night.

A couple of questions:

Did you achieve the fine degree of focus looking thru the camera view finder?

What altitude were you at?

On the CA image, the blue appears shifted to the right on my monitor, is that likely to cause a problem on fainter objects or objects that are not mostly gray?

[black5f]

Very very nice indeed!

[nightfisher]

luis, any chance you can post this pic in the TAL users group, or would it be ok to copy it and post with credit to your good self

[pagan]

wow

[AndyH]

Compare these awesome pics with Luis's pic through a W.O. Megrez 90mm(costs x3 more than the Tal 100RS) below,

http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-lunar/126166-moon-test-refractor-3-william-optics-megrez90.html

Another lovely pic, but I know which one I prefer.

Andy.

[Tim]

....and I always thought thin "thin blue line" was the Old Bill

[brantuk]

"Русские умеют как сделать хорошее стекло"

Well the CoC doesn't usually allow languages other than English on the forum, but as this means:

"Russians do make good glass" I'm turning a blind eye lol