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A new telescope brings great joy, anticipation and too often, clouds. Here is a first light image by Mark Stronge
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of Northern Ireland of the nearly full Moon of March 5th. Mark followed the now standard procedure of combining  
          A new telescope brings great joy, anticipation and too often, clouds. Here is a first light image by Mark Stronge
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multiple ccd images and got a first image to be proud of with good sharpness and tonal contrast. Along the limb  
        of Northern Ireland of the nearly full Moon of March 5th. Mark followed the now standard procedure of combining  
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are the large craters Bailly in the south and Hevelius near the equator.  
        multiple ccd images and got a first image to be proud of with good sharpness and tonal contrast. Along the limb  
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        are the large craters Bailly in the south and Hevelius near the equator.  
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This first light image was taken Friday 5th March at 00:45hrs UT with my new Orion ED 80mm refractor
 
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on a Vixen GP mount. Image captured using a Minolta Dimage 7, 5 mega-pixel camera coupled afocally  
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to a Scopetronix MaxView 40mm eyepiece. Exposure was f2.8, 1/1000 second shutter and ISO100. 12  
 
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This first light image was taken Friday 5th March at 00:45hrs UT with my new Orion ED 80mm refractor
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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><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[March 12, 2004|Forming the Moon]] </p>
  <p class"story"> <b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> Happy Birthday, Einstein!</p>
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[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p>
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      [mailto:chuck@observingthesky.org Charles A. Wood]</p>
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Latest revision as of 19:13, 7 February 2015

First Light on a Nearly Full Moon

LPOD-2004-03-13.jpeg

Image Credit: Mark Stronge

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:
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.

Related Links:
Stronge Astrophotography
Orion 80mm ED Apochromatic refractor

Yesterday's LPOD: Forming the Moon

Tomorrow's LPOD: Happy Birthday, Einstein


Author & Editor:
Charles A. Wood

 


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