Crescent Moon 5
Taken on the evening of February 17th from South Pasadena California. I was using my 6" telescope with a 25mm eyepiece and hand held the camera up to the eyepiece. Getting a hard focus was extremely difficult--in part because the Moon was moving quickly though the field, so to get a good focus then steady the camera and take the picture took several seconds. Out of 48 shots this one turned out the best so far. Processed using Lightroom 2.6 software.
Fons van Swaal 20/02/2010 20:34
Excellent result Kim.....Greetings,
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300mm +1.4 teleconverter
Kim Burtnyk 20/02/2010 17:11
thank you vj! i forgot to mention in the caption that the magnification was 40x (with the eyepiece) and that i was using a macro lens to take the image. i'm going to try this technique with objects like Saturn or Jupiter as soon as they're visible.vjdj 20/02/2010 10:01
Well done !!! vjKim Burtnyk 20/02/2010 8:05
oh, and happy (now belated) birthday barbara!-kim-
Barbara Sch. 19/02/2010 21:26
Wonderful!!!Beyond that, its my birthday :-))
best regards Barbara