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« on: December 11, 2008, 10:53:01 pm » |
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A crop from 250mm, handheld 1200mm on the 80ED using the OM mount 2xTC, mounted on the NexStar SLT And Finally... Coloured @ 1200mm
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« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2008, 01:59:20 am » |
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John - those are lovely images. I love that coloured one, you have the colours spot on. BTW, that large crater at the very bottom is Bailly, 180 odd miles across.
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2008, 08:54:48 am » |
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Thanks John. I was using my new Astro Toy... a C80ED, it's the first time I've been able to get the colours pulled out.
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2008, 03:33:22 pm » |
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They are very impressive hand held or otherwise but to get those images hand held is a great achievement- you must have a very stable technique.
I believe that the moon is at its nearest distance (perigee ?) for 15 years tonight at 221,595 miles away, 14% larger and 30% brighter and the Geminid shower, 100 per hour, will put in an appearance too but we have total cloud cover here. Ugh!
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2008, 03:48:35 pm » |
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Thanks John, Sorry the original post is misleading, The 250mm shot is handheld. The 1200mm shots are on the C80ED mounted on the NexStar SLT, I really don't think I could handhold the scope for anything, forget imaging, combined weight with the camera is 2.5kg.
I've been reading that, but of course, the clouds are here and looking to stay.
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2008, 06:29:15 pm » |
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Stunning John. That coloured Moon image is perfect. Spot on exposure, focus, and with just the correct level of saturation enhancement to bring out the colours. You should send a few of those into SW. Great stuff
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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2008, 08:48:55 pm » |
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Thanks Martin. What's SW ? and how do I send into it ?
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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2008, 01:20:57 am » |
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Hi John The link is www.spaceweather.com Click on 'submit your image'. It's a good image to send in!
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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2008, 09:35:34 am » |
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Thanks Martin
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