Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Enjoying the Moon

It has been about five weeks since I have the chance to use a telescope. Work and family commitments have kept me well away from my toys, and I am having severe withdrawals. So, tonight, just after sunset, I dragged out my LX200, set it up in alt-azimuth mode and observed the Moon for a good hour or so.

It was a very relaxing experience, something much needed! I popped in my 10mm Radian and just studied the different regions. These included:
  • Theophilus: I have imaged this region several times. The three main interlocking craters are really quite something to observe.
  • Montes Appenines: The "Lunar Alps". This mountain range is excellent to look at when the Moon is at this phase.
  • Vallis Alpes: A cool "scar" on the Moon, neat feature!
  • Various other craters including Stofler N, Purbach, Walter A, Posidinius and a few others.
Following my visual tour, I set up the Nikon D40 to take a few wide field shots. Below is the best of tonight's series. Focus is a bit soft due to high cloud layers.



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7 comments:

  1. spacepoint7:59 AM

    Astronomy is the most fascinating science that exists, today. Not only this, but also, space exploration will be the point that will change our world forever.

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  2. Roopesh12:31 PM

    Nice snap..
    you are really having a nice telescope...

    www.roopeshsingh.blogspot.com

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  3. Phil12:35 PM

    Thanks, Roopesh! I do like my scopes :-) Looks like you have a few interesting blogs yourself, I will check them out. Cheers!

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  4. Roopesh4:35 AM

    Its great..!!

    Thank you so much... It will be my pleaseure to have a advisor like you...

    Definately its gonna be a nice start for me.. as a amature astronomer...

    I worked a lot for my blog's front page.. now its a 3-column and autofit blog page.. :-)>

    with respect,
    --Roopesh

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  5. Phil8:53 AM

    I saw your blog and it looks good! You should try a long exposure capture of a satellite pass...do you have a camera?

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  6. Alex7:04 PM

    I’m looking for somebody who knows some astronomical computer programs. I recovered the stars from 30 NASA images and I would like to prove that they were taken on the Moon.

    Anybody knows such computer program?
    Anybody cloud help?

    Alex
    Alex22@easy.com

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  7. Phil11:38 PM

    Hi Alex,

    Hmm...good question. I've searched around a bit but can't find anything. Tried someone at a university with Planetary Science courses?

    Cheers,
    Phil

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