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This first series of pictures were taken through my Tasco 125mm Catadioptric Newtonian telescope, using eyepiece projection into a Canon EOS 650 camera. In this picture, the crater of Tycho is clearly visible with the 'splash' marks of the impact. |
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This is a 7 day old moon... |
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..and this is the day after, the moon at 8 days. |
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The next series of photo's were taken with my Celestron C8 and a Nikon Coolpix 4500 digital camera on the digiscoping mount. To avoid jarring the equipment, the self timer was used. Top to bottom (left). Cavalerius; Hevelius; Lohrmann; Grimaldi. Top to bottom (right), Oceanus Procellarum; Hermann; Damoiseau. |
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This is a closer shot of Grimaldi. |
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Clockwise from top left, Lagrange; Lacroix; Schickard; Wargentin; Inghirami; Piazzi. |
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This photo was taken on 11th October 2003, a day after full moon. The Nikon Coolpix and a 40mm Plossl with a moon contrast filter were used through the Celestar 8 telescope. This was equivalent to a magnification of 50x. The picture contrast has been enhanced and unsharp mask used to sharpen the detail slightly in Paint Shop Pro 7. The picture was then converted to greyscale to give a black and white image which looks more natural. |
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This Lunar Eclipse was on 8th/9th of November 2003. The reddening of the moon happens when it passes directly behind the Earth, so that the Earth blocks out the sun. The only light to reach the moon is that which passes through Earth's atmosphere, and is then reflected back - the light is like you see at sunset. This picture was taken at 01:22 on 9th, 4 minutes after mid-eclipse. No filters were used, this is how it really looked! Click on the image to see an enlarged picture of the sequence of the eclipse, the image is 53Kb which will take about 12 seconds at a download speed of 56K. |
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1st March 2004, 21:43 hours UT. Lunation: 9 days. Magnification at the eyepiece was 50x, and combined with a 4x zoom on the Nikon camera, effectively became 200x. This picture of the area of Mare Imbrium shows Sinus Iridium top left, the walls of which are just lit by the sun along the terminator. Click on the image to show a larger picture with the main features named (62Kb). Nikon Coolpix 4500, 1/4 sec, f1:5.1, ISO 100. |
