First Identified Crater! (for me anyways)

If you look close at the largest crater near the lefthand side you can see two smaller craters within the larger creater along the terminator (where the sunlight and the darkness meet). I have yet been able to find the name of this crater, but once i do i will update it here!

UPDATE: the crater mentioned above is named "Clavius".

Looking at Clavius in more detail in my lunar atlas, and on the web, shows the 2 Craters shown are actually apart of a chain of about 4 impact craters, all creating an arcing pattern. The 4 impact Craters that reside in Clavius probably all came from the same object.

Clavius is 225km in diameter.

UPDATE 2: March 10th, 2005 New Information, and new Observations from Old Images
My image shows the 2 Largest Craters inside Clavius are called Clavius C and Clavius D.





Directly Above Clavius, there is another well known crater, I would say its one of the most observed because of the Rays this Crater produced on impact. The Crater's name is Tycho, and the Rays it genterated can be found as far as 1500km away!!! Unfortunatly, they are not visable in this image, another note about Tycho, is the central mountain peak inside the crater is about 1.6km high. Tych is also considered to a very young impact crater.


Date: 7/25/2004
Time: 9:30PM
Location: Frontyard of 111 Reed
Seeing: Good
Site Conditions: n/a
Eyepiece Used: n/a
Instrument: NexStar 114GT with 4330DX


The Sun with Large 'C' Group

Here is the Sun in my second attempt, the image shows a large group of sun spots in the form of a backward 'C'. This image was taken with my NexStar 114GT and 4330 mounted to the Eyepiece.

This image was edited in photoshop, as the original was very purple in colour, due to the Baader solar filter.

The Grouping of these sunspots are very unique and are ever changing, that is why observing the sun is so interesting, day by day, week by week, its always different.

Here is a false coloured image, the colour is coming from a Red #25 filter that I thought would make a neat effect.

Date: 7/24/2004
Time: 1:49PM
Location: Backyard of 111 Reed
Seeing: Daytime and Clear
Instrument: NexStar 114GT with 4330DX

The moon at Twilight

Here is the moon at twilight, the sky around the moon, i remember was still fairly lit, and it was a bit hazy if i remember correctly, and it shows in this image.

This is the first moon shot with my new Digital Camera mount, to automatically hold the Camera to the EP, for better images.

Updated March 10th, 2005 with new information:

In this picture the most prominent crater visible is named "Maurolycus" and from what I have read and we can actually see here is that the walls of this crater are very high, we can see the effect of the high walls the way the shadows are cast.

Date: 7/23/2004Time: 8:42:14 PM
Location: Frontyard of 111 Reed
Seeing: Twilight and Hazy
Instrument: NexStar 114GT with 4330DX

My First Image of the Sun

This is the first attempt of the Sun with my Baader Solar filter for my NexStar 114GT. The image was taken using my handheld 4330 Camera with camera mount that i bought about 2 hours prior. This means I had to rush home (in rush hour) read the instructions on how to use the darn bracket, and go out and setup.

This image of the Sun shows 3 main sunspots, and has not been edited with Photoshop. The Sunspots are fairly spread out over the Sun's surface.

Date: 7/12/2004
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Frontyard of 111 Reed
Seeing: Daytime, Clear, Dusk
Instrument: NexStar 114GT with 4330DX