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Monday, March 14, 2011

8 Inch Dobsonian

Well, the dobsonian arrived yesterday, as expected.  Very tough to control with the kind of magnification this camera provides.  Nevertheless, I thought I'd take advantage of some semi-clear sky.  There is a thin cloud layer present in these photos.  Trouble is, I cannot find this area of the moon on my maps.  I believe this to be the extreme bottom of the moon, but nothing looks familiar in the moon atlas I'm using.  If someone can point out a couple craters, I'd appreciate it.

Again, I believe this to be the extreme bottom of the moon, but it COULD be the top too.

Here is another image, from a differet area of the moon.
It is entirely possible that I have the camera positioned in a who knows orientation.  Anyway, I thought I'd post these.  The focal length of this scope is about 1500mm, so this is about equal in apparent field as what I use to photograph Saturn, so the magnification is VERY high.

1 comments:

Lupu Victor said...

Nice mosaics.I have some on my blog.I think you should add more contrast on the pictures.but anyway,nice blog.

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