Getting good moon shots always proved vexing for me. Generally I either never had a sufficiently long lens when I needed one, couldn't catch the moon at a decent size or as has been the case multiple times, I would be driving to work in the pre-dawn darkness and in a position I just couldn't pull over to grab the shot.
A few years ago a friend of mine brought over his 10" reflector telescope (at least I believe that's what it is) and we set it up in the front yard at night to do some moon gazing. His telescope is sufficiently powerful to see the rings of Saturn, though they are a bit indistinct.
On this particular night I had what I want to remember was one of the small Nikon P&S digital cameras, aimed into the eye piece and snapped away. The movement of the earth causes the moon to move somewhat rapidly as you are viewing it at high magnification, so after a half dozen or so attempts I managed to get one I wouldn't be too terribly ashamed to share.
I would really like to do this again sometime with a camera adapter instead of the crude methodology we used then! My overall sharpness in this pic wasn't the greatest.
Do you have any good shots you've taken you would like to share? Moon gazing has always been a favorite past time mine, even with just a pair of 10x binoculars. Seeing impact craters and surface detail always amazes me.
A few years ago a friend of mine brought over his 10" reflector telescope (at least I believe that's what it is) and we set it up in the front yard at night to do some moon gazing. His telescope is sufficiently powerful to see the rings of Saturn, though they are a bit indistinct.
On this particular night I had what I want to remember was one of the small Nikon P&S digital cameras, aimed into the eye piece and snapped away. The movement of the earth causes the moon to move somewhat rapidly as you are viewing it at high magnification, so after a half dozen or so attempts I managed to get one I wouldn't be too terribly ashamed to share.
I would really like to do this again sometime with a camera adapter instead of the crude methodology we used then! My overall sharpness in this pic wasn't the greatest.
Do you have any good shots you've taken you would like to share? Moon gazing has always been a favorite past time mine, even with just a pair of 10x binoculars. Seeing impact craters and surface detail always amazes me.
