3 Day Old Moon
Tonight I was lucky for the second day in a row of good seeing conditions, the seeing was very good and I was able to pull out my Digital Camera mount to image the 3 day old moon tonight.
I Used my Kodak 4330DX digital camera and camera mount, with my new Moon and Sky Glow Filter Jennifer gave me for my birthday. Imaging with the filter was actually alot better quality than without. The images with the filter in place have more contrast and are less washed out.
I didnt get too much observing done, as I was too busy taking images, it was pretty cold out (-12c) and I mainly wanted to take some quick images.
The moon was showing some very interesting craters along the terminator tonight.
The Mickey Mouse-eared Craters along the southern terminator are new to me, I bont ever remember seeing them. The shape actually consists of about 5 large craters. They are: Pitiscus as the Left ear, Vlacq as the Right Ear, and Hommel as the Head (the other craters inside Hommel are labeled a, b, c, etc.)
Date: March 14th, 2005
Time: 10:00PM EST
Location: Driveway of 111 Reed.
Seeing: Good.
Site Conditions: Cold, Clear.
Eyepiece Used: Stock 25mm, with Moon and Sky Glow filter.
Instrument: NexStar 114GT with Kodak 4330DX Digital Camera with Camera mount.
I Used my Kodak 4330DX digital camera and camera mount, with my new Moon and Sky Glow Filter Jennifer gave me for my birthday. Imaging with the filter was actually alot better quality than without. The images with the filter in place have more contrast and are less washed out.
I didnt get too much observing done, as I was too busy taking images, it was pretty cold out (-12c) and I mainly wanted to take some quick images.
The moon was showing some very interesting craters along the terminator tonight.
The Mickey Mouse-eared Craters along the southern terminator are new to me, I bont ever remember seeing them. The shape actually consists of about 5 large craters. They are: Pitiscus as the Left ear, Vlacq as the Right Ear, and Hommel as the Head (the other craters inside Hommel are labeled a, b, c, etc.)
Date: March 14th, 2005
Time: 10:00PM EST
Location: Driveway of 111 Reed.
Seeing: Good.
Site Conditions: Cold, Clear.
Eyepiece Used: Stock 25mm, with Moon and Sky Glow filter.
Instrument: NexStar 114GT with Kodak 4330DX Digital Camera with Camera mount.
posted by MattOnTheMoon | 3/14/2005
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