Pictures of the moon I took through my telescope

[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.

[Doctor Whoov]

...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.

[jessem98]

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

[Coelho]

This pictures are very nice!!! :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.

[dragonrider]

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.

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.

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.

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.

This pictures are very nice!!! :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.

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!

[Ghengis Chron]

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!

[mattisnotonfire]

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!

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

[r0k]

Macro that shit man :thumbsup:

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

[beachguy in thongs]

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!

What???

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

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

[dragonrider]

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.