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GUEST LUNAR ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

Last updated: 23 October 2008

Many ETX users have sent examples of their astrophotography. If you have some examples you would like included here please send me a description of how you made the astrophotos and a copy of the images as GIF or JPEG files (due to internet email gateway issues, please send only one image file per message). Send to etx@me.com. Alternatively, if you have created your own web page with your examples please let me know and I'll include a link to your site.

Submitted by: Ashby, Peter (Peter.Ashby@edfenergy.com) [23 Oct 08]
Taken with a Canon EOS 20D mounted with a home made adaptor to the rear port of an ETX 80 The combination being hand held, exposures 1/1000 sec

Submitted by: Michael Schroder (m-schr@web.de) [11 Oct 08]
Moon on 10/09/2008: Canon EOS 450D @ ETX-90PE primefocus, 4 x 1/30 sec, ISO 200.

Bullialdus on 10/09/2008: Meade ETX-90 PE, SPC900NC (RAW-Modus,col), Filter (W12), 3x Barlowlense, 5 of 20 pics (640x480.

Campanus and Mercator on 10/09/2008: Meade ETX-90 PE, SPC900NC (RAW-Modus,col), Filter (W12), 3x Barlowlense, 5 of 20 pics (640x480).

Area around&nbs p;Moretus on 10/09/2008: Meade ETX-90 PE, SPC900NC (RAW-Modus,col), Filter (W12), 10 of 100 pics (640x480).

Submitted by: Steve Hollar (phoneman@hollar.com) [9 Sep 08]
Just thought I would send a couple of Moon shots to you. They were taken with my ETX-125PE. I used a Meade Series 4000 QX Wide Angle 15mm eyepiece. The camera is a Nikon Coolpix 3200. I shot direct through the eyepiece using an Orion SteadyPix SLR Camera Mount. Since the camera does not have any manual controls for setting shutter speeds or aperture, I just used a preset setting for, of all things, portraits. Yes, I suppose you could call this a portrait of the Moon. I did some post processing with Jasc Paint Shop Pro. It's not as focused as I would like, but, I'm getting there. It's not easy focusing through the tiny little camera screen. I also chose not to change it to purely Gray Scale because I think the color brings out a bit more detail. I had very little time to do this as the Moon was below my roof within a half hour of aligning the scope. The prominent feature in photo one is Mare Crisium, the round dark area in upper right. The crater in the lower left is Theophilus. In photo two, the three craters right of center are, starting from the top, Theophilus, Cyrillus, and Catharina. By the way, I recently added some items to my bag of tricks and will review them after I've had a chance to thoroughly test them. That will come later.

Submitted by: Charles Powell (powel_charles@yahoo.com) [13 Aug 08]
here are some photos that I took to day of the Moon on 8'10/08 at about 7:20 Pm Central time. they were shot with a Canon Rebel XT and not edited in any way. hope to get better as I learn more about astrophotography. I used a EXT 90MMith a prime fouces adapter and "T" ring.

Submitted by: Rob Roach (rob0260@hotmail.com) [7 Aug 08]
moon termainator around first quarter. taken april 14,2008 with a canon a460 on autoexposure afocally through a etx80 and 26 mm ep. this was best picture from my first attempts at lunal astrophotography. I am pleased with the results. hope your visitors can see what can be done with modest equipment. hope you enjoy it.

Submitted by: Mark Mathosian (mmathosian007@comcast.net) [31 Jul 08]
A crescent moon sometimes called an "old moon" in the east before dawn on 7/28/08. Shot with a Sony 7 mg camera, 18mm wide angle lens from Scopetronix, Meade ETX-90 telescope.

Submitted by: Mark Mathosian (mmathosian007@comcast.net) [27 Jul 08]
here is a shot of the moon from July 10, 2008 photographed through my ETX-90 with a 18mm lens and Sony 7 megapixel digital camera.

Here is a moon shot from July 27, 2008. Shot through a Sony 7 mg camera with an ETX-90, and an 18mm wide angle lens from Scopetronix. Shot at about 5:30 A.M.