Submitted by: Steve Thomas (astronomy@sthomas.net) [30 Sep 04]
Great site you've got. Any time I'm googling for something astronomy related, I always seem to end up there. :) Here's a pic of the moon that I took on 9/27/04 from Thousand Oaks, CA. I took it by holding my Canon A40 up to a 26mm Meade 4000 eyepiece on a 4.5" Meade 4504 OTA, mounted on a DS-2114 alt-az mount/tripod. It's the first astrophoto I've taken through a telescope. It's been post-processed a little in Fireworks (curve + sharpen). Thanks for your efforts & keep up the good work!
Submitted by: Besim Atalay (besimatalay@hotmail.com) [23 Sep 04]
This is a follow-up of my email of the orion nebula. On the same night, I also made an attempt on the moon using my ETX105 and Canon EOS300D. The attached photo has gone through very little processing except for boosting the colour. I believe this photo is unlike many others that I have seen in that colour is truly discernible on the moon. I hope you find it worthwhile publishing on your web site.
Submitted by: brandon christy (brandonchristy@msn.com) [8 Sep 04]
Hello this my first successful pic from my ETX-70AT using my Kodak DX6440 on auto PAS setting HANDHELD through 9mm plossi and 2x barlow, hope you enjoy!
Submitted by: Emoticon Fury (emoticonfury@comcast.net) [31 Aug 04]
I took this one afocally with a ETX 90 with the 25mm plossi and 2x barlow (96x), Canon 10D and 50mm lense @ F/1.8 1/45th (handheld!) ISO 800 RAW +2stop exposure compensation. Only got one shot off before the coulds rolled in :-( (seeing 7/10). My first moon that actually came out!
Submitted by: James Jefferson-Wilson James (james.jefferson@bbc.co.uk) [12 Aug 04]
New ETX125 is fantastic ! please find 2 pics of the same full moon on the 31st July. Note the Moons Colour, this lasted for approx 2 hrs from 9:30pm. Any ideas why it was so brown ? (not exactly blue!!!!) :-)
Submitted by: Greg Nolan (gwiz_32@yahoo.com) [4 Aug 04]
I have started the process of getting a picture of every phase of the moon (a difficult task considering that the number of phases in a month is an inconsistancy). What better month to start than the month of a blue moon. This is a pic of the Blue Moon tonight (July 31, 2004) taken with an ETX-105 (uhtc) and 40mm plossl (Meade 4000 series). The camera is a Nikon Coolpix 4500 and there are 16 images stacked and processed with Registax. The full moon happened at approximately 6:10pm and I took this picture at 10:30pm. There is a little more contrast than I had hoped for, but a nice picture none the less. I work out of town during the week, so combine only three nights at home with the chance of inclement weather and this venture may take a while. I have four phases for far - 7 (1st qurater moon), 12, 13, 14 (Full (Blue) moon). They can all be seen on my website: http://www.mgdking.com/gwiz32
Submitted by: Justin Jerzak (jjerzak@terrasite.com) [28 Jul 04]
This image was via ETX 125, seeing was not so good, but with some help on the post processing, it came out pretty well. Shows - Mare Nectaris and Craters; Theophilus, and Cyrillus.
Submitted by: Greg Nolan (gwiz_32@yahoo.com) [25 Jul 04]
I got some nice pics of the half moon last night. Take a look. I got some nice pics of the half moon last night. Take a look. ETX-105/UHTC Nikon Coolpix 4500 32mm plossl (Meade 4000 series) Single shots - No stacking. Minor image enhancements via Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Submitted by: GarvinPl@aol.com (GarvinPl@aol.com) [13 Jul 04]
I have used your page for a number of years, and always found it interesting and helpful. I have waited nearly four years to catch the photo I have attached to this e-mail. The arch only shows for about four hours a month. and most night's in England never stay that clear that long. I took this with my Olympus C-220 zoom Digital Camera by placing it on the eyepiece of my ETX90EC and pressing the button. I took another photo of the Moon in the same way, and Astronomy Now and Sky & Telescope printed it in the same month, if you are interested can E-mail it to you. Keep up the good work
Submitted by: ROBERT Derouin (bobcath28@msn.com) [13 Jul 04]
I'm offering you a July Full Moon taken from Johnston,RI.I used a Meade 125etx,a Nikon Coolpix 4300,Digi-T adapter attached to a Scopetronix 40mm plossl ocular.It was a 1/125 sec exp at f/3.5.The Moon was low,and the dampness and humidity high!!Keep up the great work,Mike!!!
Submitted by: Chris Warburton (C.A.Warburton@lboro.ac.uk) [13 Jul 04]
Here's an image of the Moon that I hope you can add to your exellent gallery. My scope's an Etx-90 and this a stack of 17 frames from an AVI file I took on 25-6-04 just before the clouds rolled in at about 9.15 pm ( still light ). I used a Canon A75 with a 9mm E.P. at x2 optical zoom. The frames were 640 x 480 and Stacked in RegiStax. the result has been adjusted in Arcsoft 4. Many thanks, Chris Warburton. Derbyshire UK
Submitted by: James Jefferson-Wilson James (james.jefferson@bbc.co.uk) [13 Jul 04]
Another clear night, not hopeful though for Full Moon tonight.