SUPER BIG moon with refractor ED120 last night, 10 feb 2011

[luis]

SUPER BIG Moon with refractor ED120

The clouds where moving around, but then go away, was lucky, if not I wouldn´t get this photo.

Refractor ED120 + DSLR 550

1 single jpeg. Not stacking, not a mosaic.

This time, I used 1 filter IR/UV

Greetings from Portugal,

Luis Beja

The same image with more color contrast:

[The Bat]

Cracking shots!

Rachel

[JonH]

Another wonderful moon pic Luis. Love it!

Which of the refractors you've photographed the moon with gives you the most pleasing image? This one shot on the ED120 looks the sharpest to me...

[Astrokev]

Hard to believe this is a single image and not a mosaic. Incredible detail!!!

[RogerTheDodger]

Lovely pic there

roger

[Gary80]

Really impressive.

[astropete]

fantastic pics.

[althecoal]

Brill pics, so much detail ...

[Deneb]

fantastic images, i'll have to have a try with the MN190..

Nadeem.

[neilm]

Stunning.....

But how do you get such a large, sharp image with what appears to be a smallish scope. only 900mm focal length (?). Or I have completely underestimated your scope ? or underestimated your camera as a "standard" DSLR ?

Cheers

Neil

[keef_uk]

lovely shots

[leenewtoastro]

fantastic images, i'll have to have a try with the MN190..

Nadeem.

should be pukka.

great shot luis

[MarkSix]

Wow those shots were really impressive..

[WayBig]

Holy Moley, i'm going to need to get a bigger monitor to view that. Stunning, moving even.

[nightfisher]

WOW, again! luis i think you might just get picture of the week with this one

[melsky]

Fantastic shot, DSLR's are perfect for this type of imaging.

Well done.

Mel

[TJSnapper]

Fantastic shots, very clear.

[Ad Astra]

Excellent image! I love that you were able to pick up the change in color on the maria floors between Tranquilitatis and Faecundatatis! Likewise, the detail on the Triesnecker region between the two maria is superb.

What camera were you using??

Dan

[bigal1]

Amazing images luis some of the best ive seen so far , you gotta be proud of these when you say you used an ir/filter where did you use this in your setup ? is it a modded camera ie internal filter removed ? thanks .

[praesepe]

Absolutely stunning!!

[Pete Presland]

wow ! "giant steps are what you take walking on the moon" what a great image its like being there

[Sierra Golf Mike]

Absolutely awesome, incredible detail. Well done!

[pook]

Awesome!

[luis]

Hi, thanks all your coments, this ED120 also surprises me.

Amazing images luis some of the best ive seen so far , you gotta be proud of these when you say you used an ir/filter where did you use this in your setup ? is it a modded camera ie internal filter removed ? thanks .

It isn´t a modded camera. The filter IR/UV, was the baader IR/UV, 1,25" used in front of the dslr 550.

[StevieDvd]

What sort of exposure time does it need for photos like that? Or is this on a tracking mount.

Steve