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| − | + | A new telescope brings great joy, anticipation and too often, clouds. Here is a first light image by Mark Stronge | |
| − | + | of Northern Ireland of the nearly full Moon of March 5th. Mark followed the now standard procedure of combining | |
| − | + | multiple ccd images and got a first image to be proud of with good sharpness and tonal contrast. Along the limb | |
| − | + | are the large craters Bailly in the south and Hevelius near the equator. | |
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| − | + | <p><b>Technical Details:</b><br> | |
| − | + | This first light image was taken Friday 5th March at 00:45hrs UT with my new Orion ED 80mm refractor | |
| − | + | on a Vixen GP mount. Image captured using a Minolta Dimage 7, 5 mega-pixel camera coupled afocally | |
| − | + | to a Scopetronix MaxView 40mm eyepiece. Exposure was f2.8, 1/1000 second shutter and ISO100. 12 | |
| − | + | images were photographed, then aligned and stacked in Registax. Final processing was done in Paint Shop Pro. | |
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[http://www.eaas.co.uk/club_members/stronge_astrophotography_6.html Stronge Astrophotography]<br> | [http://www.eaas.co.uk/club_members/stronge_astrophotography_6.html Stronge Astrophotography]<br> | ||
[http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=6306&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword= Orion 80mm ED Apochromatic refractor] | [http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=6306&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword= Orion 80mm ED Apochromatic refractor] | ||
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| − | + | <p class="story"> <b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> Happy Birthday, Einstein!</p> | |
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| − | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Author & Editor:</b><br> | |
| − | + | [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p> | |
| − | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Technical Consultant:</b><br> | |
| − | + | [mailto:anthony@perseus.gr Anthony Ayiomamitis]</p> | |
| − | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>A service of:</b><br> | |
| − | + | [http://www.observingthesky.org/ ObservingTheSky.Org]</p> | |
| − | + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Visit these other PODs:</b> <br> | |
| − | + | [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Astronomy] | [http://www.msss.com/ Mars] | [http://epod.usra.edu/ Earth]</p></td> | |
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Revision as of 18:17, 4 January 2015
First Light on a Nearly Full Moon
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Image Credit: Mark Stronge |
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First Light on a Nearly Full Moon A new telescope brings great joy, anticipation and too often, clouds. Here is a first light image by Mark Stronge of Northern Ireland of the nearly full Moon of March 5th. Mark followed the now standard procedure of combining multiple ccd images and got a first image to be proud of with good sharpness and tonal contrast. Along the limb are the large craters Bailly in the south and Hevelius near the equator. Technical Details: Related Links: Tomorrow's LPOD: Happy Birthday, Einstein! |
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