my 1st good moon pic

[amyscott]

got my new 130mm reflector for xmas and this is only my 3rd attempt at astro photography , would love to know what you think

thanks

[red dwalf]

very good effort, what camera are you using ? might be worth trying a barlow for some closer shots

[amyscott]

it was taken with a very basic 10mp digital camera , i think i need an slr

[stolenfeather]

I've used my Barlow for moon shots but so far have never been able to capture one that wasn't blurry. I guess with time and experience,.

Isabelle

[SeedyF]

That's pretty damn good if you are just holding it at the eyepiece - is that what you did?

Did you do anything to the image in editing software? You have got the craters near the terminator nice and sharp but you could adjust the brightness/contrast to tone down the glare on the left.

[oldfruit]

Very good result.

[DrNeb]

My "holding at the eyepiece" attempt... no way near as good as that!

i found it quite tricky! i'm going to grab a hyperion eye piece with the connector on FLO soon so that should help.

Nice shot!

[DrGui]

it was taken with a very basic 10mp digital camera , i think i need an slr

Hello amyscott. DSLR's are quite pricy (not super expensive but not cheap either) If you already have a laptop I would recomend using a small webcam like the Celestron NexImage CCD Solar System Imager or equivalent . Its small and lightweight and a lot less expensive than an slr. Nice first picture just the same.

[crabbiT Scot]

Great image mate. I posted a coupel yesterday too, my 1st ever holding at the eyepice!! I adjusted the brightness a little, taking away some of the glare, which I think brought out detail.

Have a play around with it.

All in all though, fantastic pic

[nightfisher]

That is a very good image, and holding a camera to the ep is not easy, i have been trying it and failing big time! if you have a laptop get a webcam and some free software

[amyscott]

thanks all , have a laptop yea but no editing software eally , just picasa and just tweaked it a bit on there , just contrast and brightness

[neilm]

That's a good sharp picture, even with a "basic" digital camera. As already suggested, try a cheap web cam, most members use the a modded Philips SPC, typical cost is about £10, plus £15 for a nose piece and some "tweeking" with some software. You can buy then ready modded off e-bay, I paid £30, there seems to be some silly prices at the moment, most probably due to the BBC stargazers program, so if you do look don't pay over the odds.

As for DSLR, much much more expensive and you might be disappointed. If you're after "bigger" images you may not get what you want as it's all down to the size of the sensor in the camera. This is a really good web site for showing what you can expect to see based on scope/camera/object http://www.12dstring.me.uk/fov.htm

Happy snapping...

Cheers

Neil