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Members' observations, Things we see through our humble 'scopes...
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post Mar 4 2009, 11:46 PM
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Gorgeous clear night in Kendal tonight, the Moon looked spectacular in my 4.5" scope. Took some pix, didn't turn out too bad...

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Saturn looked really nice too, with at least 3 of the "other" moons visible. smile.gif


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post Mar 5 2009, 12:24 AM
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Members' observations, Things we see through our humble 'scopes...


Stu, I assume you mean when the telescope is pointed at the sky.


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post Mar 5 2009, 01:37 AM
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laugh.gif ...okay, Dan, that made my wife draw the shades...

Nice pic, Stu. Was that an eyepiece shot, or did you mount a cam at the objective?

(Sigh.) I gotta drag my Celestron 8 out to the Mojave when I have time...the light pollution in LA just plain sucks.


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post Mar 5 2009, 06:32 AM
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That was a good ol' fashioned hold-the-camera-up-to-the-eyepiece-and-breathe-in-to-try-to-keep-it-still-while-taking-the-pic shot smile.gif


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post Mar 5 2009, 04:01 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 5 2009, 01:32 PM) *
That was a good ol' fashioned hold-the-camera-up-to-the-eyepiece-and-breathe-in-to-try-to-keep-it-still-while-taking-the-pic shot smile.gif

In my case, I found it easier to hold the camcorder up to the eyepiece, record a movie to be captured to the PC later then use a frame grabber to extract the best images. The camcorder's zoom could also be used for some extra magnification smile.gif
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More shots from tonight...

http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/more-moonshots

Especially pleased with the second one smile.gif


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post Mar 5 2009, 10:06 PM
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I've also found that a good digital SLR one a tripod with a 200mm or 300mm lens can take some amazing images. Be sure and set it for the highest resolution so that if necessary you can crop in closer and still have a decent image. You just need to watch for lens flare on a long lens with something as bright as the full moon.


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post Mar 5 2009, 11:01 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 5 2009, 02:00 PM) *
...Especially pleased with the second one smile.gif

Yes, if you look at that one closely, it even shows the shadow of a famous lunar fault (Rupes Recta or "Straight Wall") to the right of the terminator in the center. Nice work capturing that handheld.

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post Mar 6 2009, 02:37 AM
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And it's dawn at Fra Mauro, Bonpland and Parry... smile.gif

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post Mar 6 2009, 06:18 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 4 2009, 07:37 PM) *
(Sigh.) I gotta drag my Celestron 8 out to the Mojave when I have time...the light pollution in LA just plain sucks.


The Moon and the planets cut through light pollution fairly well. I run a quarterly "star party" in my neighborhood, and people are constantly amazed by what they can see on the moon. It's a quite pretty object!


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Yeah, I can always pick up Venus & Jupiter, and Mars at opposition, anyhow. Saturn is usually a challenge to find from here, though, esp. because the constellations are pretty much invisible in the damned ugly ubiquitous orange sodium skyglow.

I gotta get a job in Tucson. There's a town that knows how to minimize light pollution! (Enlightened self-interest due to the proximity of Kitt Peak, of course...)


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post Mar 7 2009, 08:04 AM
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Well I have to admit I've bought my first refractor to view Mars back in 1976... Nowadays I've upgraded to an 18cm refractor and Jupiter is my favorite target wink.gif
Although a large Dobson is the instrument to watch DeepSky objects, I plan to go for a Refractor "Kometensucher" of 20.3 cm ...
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post Mar 16 2009, 06:47 PM
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For those who're interested, check out how Saturn's rings will show up the coming months...
http://www.curtrenz.com/astronomical.html

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post Mar 16 2009, 10:06 PM
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That is interesting. From here we get to see the unlit side of the rings for a month or so (not that I will be able to observe it). I had been wondering if that would happen.

BTW just been out with my tiny telescope to check if Titan is still there: it is. smile.gif
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