Kevdan Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Hi all,First night ever tonight with new scope, It needs collimating but over all I'm pleased with it.I took some pics of the moon but when i look at the Lunar 100 map which is downloadable from this site I cant find any relevance to anything, can anyone help me find something that I can relate to on this pic compared to the lunar map in this link http://www.spacegazer.com/Documents/Astronomy%20Projects/Lunar_100_map.pdfheres my first moon picmuch appreciated.kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horus Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Great pic Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarryEyes Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I think that the crater that is quite prominent just above half way up is Eratosthenes. If that helps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoveyDoveyGrovey Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I take it you are looking for some points of reference, these look like a couple to me. Thats 83, 5 and 9 from top to bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarryEyes Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Actually let me revise that. The large prominent crater is Copernicus which is 5 on the Map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevdan Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Thanks Guys,Its not that good a pic I just held an old 3mp point and shoot on top of a 26mm plossl by hand and this is what I got.Now I have a reference I can work out where I am on the moon so to speak.Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkyjoe Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Lovely pic that mate. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevG Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Good Moon mapping can be found here;The Full Moon Atlas : Lunar Navigator : Map of the Moonand that is a very good image for your first attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarryEyes Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 That's okay. It's a great pic, I can't wait to start imaging the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcoTed Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Good Moon mapping can be found here;The Full Moon Atlas : Lunar Navigator : Map of the Moonand that is a very good image for your first attempt.Thats a really usefull site KevG thanks for posting the link.CheersTed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevdan Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yes realy good moon atlas site,Very usefull to newbies like me.Kev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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