full moon tonight

nytecam · #1 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 10:59 PM

Taken with Fuji E550 digicam handheld to eyepiece of my Meade ETX-70 'scope [inset] this evening with a very favourable view [called libration] of east [left] limb

SusieBee · #2 (**permalink**) 02-10-2009, 11:56 PM

Wow.... Amazing pics!!! Got the family gathered admiring them.

Wishing we had a camera capable of getting shots like these or a scope to view.

Tringa · #3 (**permalink**) 03-10-2009, 12:01 AM

Great photos Nytecam. They show Tycho really well.

galanthus · #4 (**permalink**) 03-10-2009, 01:22 AM

Absolutely amazing

Thanx very much for sharing that

5hort5 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-10-2009, 01:38 AM

Very nice pics indeed, you can't beat the ETX's for a bit of moon watching :-)

nytecam · #6 (**permalink**) 04-11-2009, 07:55 AM

Thanks eveyone for your interest

Here's a shot of last night's [Nov 3rd] full moon via my Meade ETX-70 with a mono camera in just 1/1000s due to the moon's brilliance. It's not as good as my earlier shot above via handheld digicam but this cam normally reserved for faint deepsky stuff at which it excels - horses for courses

Judge101 · #7 (**permalink**) 04-11-2009, 11:22 PM

Great pics , can anyone tell me the name of the huge crater at the bottom of the pic and approx how big it is , looks huge , ta seems google isnt my friend today and cant find it!!! very keen amateur..

nytecam · #8 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judge101

Great pics , can anyone tell me the name of the huge crater at the bottom of the pic and approx how big it is , looks huge , ta seems google isnt my friend today and cant find it!!! very keen amateur..

The crater with the halo around [towards the bottom of pic] is Tycho and the light area around it is the debris fallout from the impact of a huge meteorite hitting the moon billions of years ago. Tycho is, I think, ~60 miles across

Judge101 · #9 (**permalink**) 08-11-2009, 10:50 AM

ty nytecam

Picidae · #10 (**permalink**) 09-11-2009, 11:30 PM

Great shots as per usual nytecam but when I first glanced at the thumbnails thought you'd captured a strange looking satellite station/space shuttle -Then realised it was your telescope!