The Official Shoot the Moon Thread

Been a little while since I have shot the moon so here are a couple from the past week

My first decent moon shot well what I think is decent taken last night

Almost full...

Very nice

This is mine !
Taken on Februar 2014 with my 1000/200 skywatcher.

Link to 500 px
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Is this a stack or a single shot great photo by the way

This is a single picture Popoff !

Full moon shrouded by clouds.

The moon seen thru a light haze from the Soberanes Fire in California.

Heya,

Woke up this morning out of the blue around 5am. The moon was still in a fairly good spot and I had about an hour & a half before day light would start creeping in. Quickly took some video with my new camera and my 6 inch SCT telescope.

Ignore the EXIF, I had to put random stuff since the forum software doesn't have options for scopes & CCD cameras, etc. See end of post for equipment details.

Mosaic (12 individual panels stitched, around 40MP):

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/KZae​SW

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/KtRP​bn

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/LqwZ​wH

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/KtAP​u9

Haven't a clue what all your gear is but that's a fantastic photo great

MalVeauX wrote in post #18102610
Heya,

Woke up this morning out of the blue around 5am. The moon was still in a fairly good spot and I had about an hour & a half before day light would start creeping in. Quickly took some video with my new camera and my 6 inch SCT telescope.

Ignore the EXIF, I had to put random stuff since the forum software doesn't have options for scopes & CCD cameras, etc. See end of post for equipment details.

Mosaic (12 individual panels stitched, around 40MP):

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/KZae​SW Moon_Mosaic_08222016 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

An individual panel of Tycho & Theophilus, 6MP:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/KtRP​bn Moon_Panel_B_08222016 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

An individual panel of Mare Imbrium & Serenitatis, 6MP:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/LqwZ​wH Moon_Panel_A_08222016 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

Panel done with 2x Barlow of Theophilus, Cyrillus & Catharina, 6MP:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/KtAP​u9 05_43_25_pipp by Martin Wise, on Flickr

Equipment used:

Celestron C6-A 6" SCT telescope
GSO 2x Barlow
Orion Sirius Mount
ZWO ASI178MC CCD Camera
Some old Dell laptop to capture video with via SharpCap
Processed with PiPP then Registax6 then CS5.1

Very best,

Great shots Mal, wonderful detail!!

But where is the Flag?

Inspeqtor wrote in post #18102642
But where is the Flag?

Unfortunately there's no scope on Earth that can resolve the flag due to Dawes limit.

Interesting stuff: http://calgary.rasc.ca​/moonscope.htm

popoff wrote in post #18102641
Haven't a clue what all your gear is but that's a fantastic photo great

It's actually inexpensive astrophotography gear. Total cost is equivalent to a single new 100-400 II for everything I listed.

The camera I'm using is a small sensor that I chose purposefully for the increased crop factor (4.84) while still being of good resolution (6.3MP) and having pretty good sensitivity. That means my 1500mm telescope has the field of view equivalent to 7,260mm if you were using a full frame. And when I used my 2x barlow, it's a 3000mm telescope, and that crop factor gives me a field of view that would require a 14,520mm focal length for a full frame. As you can imagine, these are crazy focal lengths for "full frame" dSLR world. So we move into more dedicated gear for such things.

The big difference being that I'm recording video and producing a single image from the video. It's a common practice for things like the sun, moon and planets.

Very best,