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July
07 |
John O Mahony |
Moon LX10
neximager |
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03.03.07 |
Frank Ryan Jr |
I made the decision to
head to the west Clare coast for the eclipse late yesterday.
Am I glad I did! The weather there was perfect and the skies?
As for light pollution..well...
lets just say I'm moving there for good as soon as I can afford
it!
I set up my humble ETX 125 with a binoviewer and wide angled
eyepieces.
The views of the moon through this set up are simply amazing...
There is a real sense of 3D's through it.
I had thought about attaching the Canon to the ETX but I reckoned
it might look cool to get a timelapse shot of the whole thing.
After a quick phone call to Dave Lillis for some advice I headed
off to the beach.
The shot is actually with my back to the coast
(obviously enough as the moon was rising in the East)
The ruin of the cottage is right on the cliff and the water
on the ground is off the spray from the waves.
I took a bunch of foreground shots first with the Moon
overexposing.
(turned out to be a nice effect) then just clicked away every 10
or 15 min.
Just before midway through very high misty clouds rolld in and you
can see some of the moons in the shot are blurred.
Ho-well, thems the breaks...
Overall, I must say, I know some people don't think a Lunar
Eclipse
is anything that special.
I have to wholeheartedly disagree! |
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07.09.06 |
Frank Ryan Jr |
Full Moon, Shannon,
07.09.06
Wow! The Moon was super bright tonight at Mag -12.42.
I'm surprised I got as much detail as I did.
2 Shots (top & bottom half) merged in Photoshop.
Levels auto adjusted in Canon image editor.
90% unsharp mask in Photoshop.
Scope: Meade ETX-125 PE,
Camera: Canon Eos 350D,
Prime Focus,
1/1000 sec,
ISO: 200. |
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26.04.07 |
Frank Ryan Jr |
The much photographed
crater CLAVIUS
which contains an impressive arc of craters reducing in diameter
from the rim.
Scope: Meade ETX-125.
Camera: Modified Philips SPC900NC webcam with IR filter.
2 X Barlow
2min AVI processed in Registax & Photoshop. |
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26.04.07
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Frank Ryan Jr |
Copernicus |
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Not known, 2005
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Fergal Considine
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The crater Tyco and the ejecta rays. The telescope is a
4.5" reflector and the camera is the cheapest digital camera
that i ever saw ... 80 euro
The camera is then mounted to the scope using elastic bands! The
use of the timer minimised camera shake and thats it!
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Not known, 2005
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Fergal Considine
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A gibbons Moon with the crater Copernicus partially lit as it
just emerges from the shadows. (Just above center)
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May 4th 2004 @ 23.08
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David Lillis
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We caught about an hour and then light cloud returned. All
pictures taken with F5 4 Celestron refractor + canon EOS 300 D
at prime focus, ISO 1600, taken from Crecora south of Limerick
city.
Pic4, exposure=1/640 sec
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May 4th 2004 @ 22.51
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David Lillis
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Pic3, exposure=1/25 sec
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May 4th 2004 @ 22:56
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David Lillis
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Pic2, exposure=1/8 sec
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May 4th 2004 @ 22:27
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David Lillis
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Early in the night conditions did not look good for May's Lunar
Eclipse, but the clouds parted at 22.10 and the moon came out in
all its glory. It was past mid eclipse and the moon was coming out
of the shadow.
Pic1 exposure=1/4 sec
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April 21st 2004
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David Lillis
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Both taken at 21:56 on the 21st of April from Limerick, using a
4 inch celestron with a canon EOS 300d at prime focus, the left
image is 1/30th of a second, while the one on the right is 1 sec,
taken at F5 and at ISO 100 The fainter tries to show the moon at
the correct illumination, so not to wash it out. Note the
Earthshine on the brighter image.
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April 4th 2004
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David Lillis
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Taken a day later than the image below but still nearly 12
hours before full. Same setup as below.
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April 3rd 2004
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David Lillis
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The moon a day and a half before full. Image made from 6
stacked images, (registax) at 1/500 second with a Canon EOS300d +
4 Celestron refractor at F5
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Feb. 28th 2004 at 21.50
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David Lillis
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Aristillus is the crater in the center of this picture with
Autolycus below it and Archimedes to the left nearer the
terminator. It was between these craters that the Russian Luna 2
made the first ever man-made impact in 1959. Picture taken at 1/50
sec, iso320, prime focus, Meade 12 Lx200 + Canon 300D +
photoshop. Taken from Crecora near Limerick
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Feb. 28th 2004 at 21.55
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David Lillis
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5 stacked pics at 1/50 sec iso125 prime focus Meade 12Lx200
+ Canon 300D + Registax2. Taken on from Crecora near Limerick,
plenty of detail visible.
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Feb. 23rd 2004 at 18.49
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David Lillis
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Earthshine on a young moon. 1/4 second exposure at iso400,
prime focus, Celestron 4 F5 Refractor + Canon EOS300D
Taken on from Limerick.
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David Lillis
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This shows a number of prominent craters with bright central
peaks, some of which are in the order of 1 or 2 km high, yet are
seen here clearly. In a number of the craters you can see the
ridged terraces that make up the crater walls, on others you can
see more "eroded" looking craters (keeping in mind that
there is no weather on the moon) and craters in craters. You can
also see plains, valleys and a number of bright ejecta rays
emanating from Tycho (Tycho is not in the frame). There is also an
Image
with legend for the features visible here.
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David Lillis
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This one shows a number of craters, the most prominent of which
is Taruntius, note the central peak and the floor details within,
also note the height of the exterior crater walls. The image is
washed out to the left, this was done to bring detail out nearer
the terminator. It looks like to me that this image is not
perfectly focused. There is also an Image
with legend for the features visible here
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David Lillis
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This image shows a number of craters within craters, including
the mini-mountain range canter of Atlas, take note of the zigzag
formation that emanates from the upper left of of Atlas to the top
left of the image. Note the crater Endymion at the top of the
crater, see the extensive walls that build up to its crater walls.
Chevallier is almost over the terminator, all that is visible is
the top of its crater wall while the area around and within it are
in darkness, note the other small details nearby which are also
visible over the terminator. There is also an Image
with legend for the features visible here
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David Lillis
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Close up of Tycho. This and the preceding 3 were taken with a
Philips ToUcam Pro. I recorded 30 second AVI (audio/video) files
of what looked like were interesting areas on the moon. I then
used astrostack2 to stack these AVI files. As the webcam was
recording at 15 frames per second, I recorded over 450 frames per
picture.
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Michael O'Connell
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Overall photo of the Moon taken with a Nikon Coolpix 775
digital camera attached to an eyepiece on a Meade 8" LX90.
Tycho is the large bright crater towards the south.
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Michael O'Connell
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APENNINE MOUNTAINS 1/25 SEC
These are located just above the center of the moon. They form
part of a ring.
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Michael O'Connell
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COPERNICUS + KEPLER 1/2 SEC
Copernicus is in the center of the shot with Kepler the much
smaller, (19 miles in diameter), volcano-like crater a bit lower
and to the left near the terminator.
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Michael O'Connell
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COPERNICUS 1/35 SEC
Image of the crater Copernicus. Just below it are two joined
craters Fauth (7 miles dia.) and Fauth A. The smallest details
visible here are only about 2 miles wide. This picture was taken a
day before the previous one.
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Michael O'Connell
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CRATERS near the southern pole 1/2 SEC
Note the shape of the shadow in the middle of the crater caused by
sunlight shining through a V-shape in the side of the crater.
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Michael O'Connell
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PLATO 1/75 SEC
Note the small "chain" of craters just to the left of
Plato. Also, note the ruggedness of the terrain north of Plato
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Michael O'Connell
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MARE SERENITATIS 1/4 SEC Large dark grey feature near the
center of the image and MARE TRANQUILLITATIS is just below it.
Ranger 6 crashed there in 1964, Surveyor 5 landed successfully
(1967) and Apollo 11 landed there in the southern ares of this
feature in 1969.
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Michael Scully
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Photo taken using a Fuji Finepix 2600Z digital camera and
eyepiece (30mm Celestron Ultima) projection from a 225mm f5.77
Dobsonian. Exposure time was 1/38 sec.
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David Lillis
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Note that in the brighter image the terminator is sharp and
clear while the remainder of the image is overexposed. The darker
image shows the surface detail away from the terminator more
clearly. This was taken with a 50mm camera and a 26mm eyepiece
using a 12 inch LX200. The exposure was 100th of a second on
ISO100 film.
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David Lillis
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The two thirds moon was taken on Christmas night 2001 with a
standard digital camera and an LX200. God knows what the exposure
was as the digital camera has no manual exposure control. A 56 mm
eyepiece was used and the camera was held up to the eyepiece. I
was very surprised with the amount of detail captured by the
camera.
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