Pictures of the moon I took through my telescope

Here are some pictures of the moon that I took through my telescope with my digital camera.

and a wonderful treat, thanks for sharing.
db

very cool... someday im totally gonna buy a good telescope when i can afford to spend the money on one... +rep:thumbsup:

wow, well done:jointsmile: you should take pics of other galatic stars

wow there amazing

good work

does you telescope have a camera attached or can you take them with the digital through the lense

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Originally Posted by snowblind

does you telescope have a camera attached or can you take them with the digital through the lense

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The telescope uses different interchangeble eyepieces that give different magnifications. I bought an adapter that allowed me to attach my digital camera (just a regular Nikon Coolpix) onto an eyepeice. With something like the moon, you can use the camera's zoom to get the image framed the way you want, and then get things focused as well as you can with the telescope's focuser, and then the camera's autofocus will automatically do the last bit of focusing.

There are a lot of different ways to take pictures through a telescope. Some of them use very specialized equipemnt. Some people use the digital camer method like I did. And then there are some systems that are based on webcams, and you use a laptop to capture and process the images.

The moon is a very easy thing to image, because it is very bright, so it does not take a long exposure. And it is big and has easily visible features, so it gives your camera something to auto-focus on. Star clusters and distant deep-sky objects are harder because they take very long exposures, and you have to have a system for tracking them very precisely as they move across the sky. For planets, people get good results with webcams and using a process called "stacking" that uses software to "stack" a lot of short exposure images into one single image to build up the details.

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Originally Posted by dragonrider

Here are some pictures of the moon that I took through my telescope with my digital camera.

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Awesome. The real picture.

That's really cool!
I've never had the pleasure to trip out through a telescope...or even look through one sober. I should get one...the sky is very interesting indeed.

awesome man.

Cool, man those are some awesome pics, and i just got a nikon coolpix today. lol

Can you set the shudder speed on your camera? If you can set it to bulb and hold it in for a few minutes. If you wait too long you'll get trails (not the good kind) however you'll get great images of those deep sky objects. The Crab Nebula (M31 I think) is supposedly an easy one to start with.

...and in response to Pass_The_Dubbie keep looking up and you'll see some cool shit. Of course no one will believe you if you tell them because they'll think you were stoned but cool shit none the less.

thanks bud! ive always LOVED space, any more you could take would be much appreciated

This pictures are very nice!!! :eek: :thumbsup:
Do you have some picture of the planets?
Im sure you already knows where they are, but anyway... Jupiter is near Scorpio, Mars is in Gemini, Saturn is near Leo and Venus is unmistakeable... its visible before the sunrise.

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That's really cool!
I've never had the pleasure to trip out through a telescope...or even look through one sober. I should get one...the sky is very interesting indeed.

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If you have a pair of binoculars, you can see a lot of great things in the sky. I actually pull out my binoculars more often than the telescope. Just kick back in the patio lounge chair, or lay on a blanket and scan around the sky with the binos. Good binos for astronomy are 7x50, but a lot os different kinds will do. The first number should be under 10x or it will be hard to hold steady without wiggling, and the last number should be over 40 --- the higher the better.

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Originally Posted by Doctor Whoov

Can you set the shudder speed on your camera? If you can set it to bulb and hold it in for a few minutes. If you wait too long you'll get trails (not the good kind) however you'll get great images of those deep sky objects. The Crab Nebula (M31 I think) is supposedly an easy one to start with.

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I haven't experimented too much with the rig I set up, but I was having trouble getting a focus on faint objects through the camera. I can look at different faint deep sky objects through the telescope, but the photography wasn't working that well.

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Originally Posted by Coelho

This pictures are very nice!!! :eek: :thumbsup:
Do you have some picture of the planets?
Im sure you already knows where they are, but anyway... Jupiter is near Scorpio, Mars is in Gemini, Saturn is near Leo and Venus is unmistakeable... its visible before the sunrise.

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Same as for the deep sky objects, I was having trouble getting a good focus on the planets through the camera. I can look at the planets through the telescope, but the photography wasn't working that well.

If I do take some more pics I'll be sure to post them!

Very cool. I have had a telescope for a little under a year now, yet I've only had the opportunity to view the moon from it. apparently it needs to be focused or realigned or something, but my star-finder, whenever I try to use it, doesn't seem to work. I'll line a planet up with the red dot in my star finder, yet
I still can't see it.

Anyways, I've seen some pretty spectacular things on the moon that I'm not willing to discuss. I've told very few people. Last winter, during a 4 night stretch, every time I viewed the moon, certain 'events' were taking place. That's all I can really say, but keep watching the sky!

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Anyways, I've seen some pretty spectacular things on the moon that I'm not willing to discuss. I've told very few people. Last winter, during a 4 night stretch, every time I viewed the moon, certain 'events' were taking place. That's all I can really say, but keep watching the sky!

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You know about my sexy parties on the moon? SHIT! :mad:

Macro that shit man :thumbsup:

LOL, just kidding guys, great pics though.. I remember when I had my telescope..

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Originally Posted by Ghengis Chron

I've seen some pretty spectacular things on the moon that I'm not willing to discuss. I've told very few people. Last winter, during a 4 night stretch, every time I viewed the moon, certain 'events' were taking place. That's all I can really say, but keep watching the sky!

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What???

Do you mean, like, family reunions and frat parties?

Or, is it getting pelted by meteors? Or, are they building a jail?

I was curious about these "events" as well. I've watched the moon a lot, and have never seen any kind of mysterious "event."

There is a decent restaurant on the moon --- good food, but no atmosphere. Maybe they could liven the place up with some events.

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Originally Posted by dragonrider

Here are some pictures of the moon that I took through my telescope with my digital camera.

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those are some badass pictures

WOW just amazing! Will be anticipating some more!

wheres the moonajuana

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Anyways, I've seen some pretty spectacular things on the moon that I'm not willing to discuss. I've told very few people. Last winter, during a 4 night stretch, every time I viewed the moon, certain 'events' were taking place. That's all I can really say, but keep watching the sky!

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You didn't see anything. If you did, you were probably :stoned:

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Originally Posted by dragonrider

The telescope uses different interchangeble eyepieces that give different magnifications. I bought an adapter that allowed me to attach my digital camera (just a regular Nikon Coolpix) onto an eyepeice. With something like the moon, you can use the camera's zoom to get the image framed the way you want, and then get things focused as well as you can with the telescope's focuser, and then the camera's autofocus will automatically do the last bit of focusing.

There are a lot of different ways to take pictures through a telescope. Some of them use very specialized equipemnt. Some people use the digital camer method like I did. And then there are some systems that are based on webcams, and you use a laptop to capture and process the images.

The moon is a very easy thing to image, because it is very bright, so it does not take a long exposure. And it is big and has easily visible features, so it gives your camera something to auto-focus on. Star clusters and distant deep-sky objects are harder because they take very long exposures, and you have to have a system for tracking them very precisely as they move across the sky. For planets, people get good results with webcams and using a process called "stacking" that uses software to "stack" a lot of short exposure images into one single image to build up the details.

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wow dude...youre pretty damn smart about that shit...nice photos too

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There is a decent restaurant on the moon --- good food, but no atmosphere. Maybe they could liven the place up with some events.

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"Atmosphere" Yuk Yuk :D:thumbsup:

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Here are some pictures of the moon that I took through my telescope with my digital camera.

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Nice pics ! Did you ever saw the US flag on the moon ?

wicked

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Nice pics ! Did you ever saw the US flag on the moon ?

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A lot of people wonder about that, but the flags and footprints and the parts of the sapcecraft that were left behind are all much to small to see at this distance, even with really powerful telescopes.

good pictures i just put one as the backround for out hotel computer,nice bro :thumbsup:

I can see my grow in my moon room on those photos wow:thumbsup:

Nice pics! Here's a few pics I took with my telescope over the course of the past few years... I bought it back in '04 - while its a pain in the arse to take outside and set up, the views are incredible :)

the pics are:
venus, jupiter, jupiter
mars (collage), saturn

A few more... one of my telescope :)

the pics are:
lunar eclipse, the sun, venus&jupiter conjunction (not thru the scope)
my telescope.

Wow. these are all great. I've always wanted a telescope but never really researched it. Does anyone have any suggestions for a total beginner? what are some good models that will allow me to get a good view without spending too much?

great stuff. thanks
Skeet.

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Here are some pictures of the moon that I took through my telescope with my digital camera.

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and still, no evidence man was ever there...

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Nice pics! Here's a few pics I took with my telescope over the course of the past few years... I bought it back in '04 - while its a pain in the arse to take outside and set up, the views are incredible :)

the pics are:
venus, jupiter, jupiter
mars (collage), saturn

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Originally Posted by Ubalubus

A few more... one of my telescope :)

the pics are:
lunar eclipse, the sun, venus&jupiter conjunction (not thru the scope)
my telescope.

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These are all great! Thanks for posting them up!

wow.
I am completely ignorant to these things, yet they are amazing. You've inspired me to do some more research, and learn more about this. Amazing photos. A+ for you!

There are some very good photos there, it's amazing how the moon looks through a telescope.
Here is a picture of my telescope taken from the moon, you have to look very very hard but it is there:)

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There are some very good photos there, it's amazing how the moon looks through a telescope.
Here is a picture of my telescope taken from the moon, you have to look very very hard but it is there:)

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bwahahaha ROFL!

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Originally Posted by elskeetro

Wow. these are all great. I've always wanted a telescope but never really researched it. Does anyone have any suggestions for a total beginner? what are some good models that will allow me to get a good view without spending too much?

great stuff. thanks
Skeet.

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i bought it from orion telescopes - they're prices are good and their service is exceptional... good bang for the buck me thinks :) Telescopes & Accessories at Factory-Direct Prices! - Telescope.com. Don't buy anything from a department store - those are generally crap. And like dragonrider mentioned - a decent set of binoculars are good too, especially to start out with - infact i use my binocs more than my scope just because they are easy to use and require no setup. I got a set of 15x70's for 85 bux a coupla years ago and i love 'em to death!