Patrick, I added a few labels to your beautiful moon shot. http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2746 <http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2746>Jim On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Approaching weather caused me to not try the hours-long project I'd scheduled for tonight after finishing with Nova Eri 2009. But the weather was still good enough that I really didn't want to shut down right away so I thought I's have a go at the Moon.
I didn't want to removed the camera since that would mean shooting all new flats so I had to keep the C-14 at f/5.5 (only about 2,000mm EFL). With that fast a system even a .001" exposure overexposed the image. But using my darkest filter (blue), the least sensitive binning (1x1) and a .001" exposure I was able to get an ok image:
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/CLAVIUS001.JPG
For the selenologists out there (Kurt?) that's Bullialdus in the upper right.
The ejecta rays are from Tycho which is just off to the right center of the image.
Clavius is at bottom right (sorry 2001 fans but no sign of Clavius Base).
Actually I was feeling pretty good about the image until I saw this one taken with another C-14: http://www.celestronimages.com/details.php?image_id=2914
Ah, but looking at this refractor image http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/Clavius_crater.html I'm wondering if anyone out there might be interested in working with me to use the Andy refractor out at SPOC next year to try some lunar and planetary imaging.
Any takers?
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