Moon last night (14 June) with Canon 350D Large File

Another clear evening last night but with the moon a little high. Took this
with the Canon 350D and 80mm Skywatcher refractor mounted on a celestron
goto mount. Great thing about this arrangement is the whole lot can be
carried outside in one go. Camera bag over shoulder, scope under-arm and
battery in hand. Its up, running and taking snaps within 5 minutes.

Its about 350k to download though (1 to 2 mins on dial up?).

http://tinyurl.com/74efs

Regards


Chris

Poor focus.

Andrea T.

On 15 Jun 2005 07:18:20 -0700, wrote:

Poor focus.

Poor interpersonal skills.

A better approach would be to offer some words of encouragement and
suggestions for improvement.
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

An error on the image.. It should read 80mm @ F/10.

I used a Barlow.

Regards


Chris

"Chris Taylor" wrote in message
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Another clear evening last night but with the moon a little high. Took
this with the Canon 350D and 80mm Skywatcher refractor mounted on a
celestron goto mount. Great thing about this arrangement is the whole lot
can be carried outside in one go. Camera bag over shoulder, scope
under-arm and battery in hand. Its up, running and taking snaps within 5
minutes.

Its about 350k to download though (1 to 2 mins on dial up?).

http://tinyurl.com/74efs

Regards


Chris

Pete Lawrence wrote:
On 15 Jun 2005 07:18:20 -0700, wrote:

Poor focus.

Poor interpersonal skills.

True, but still the picture is out of focus, quite some too.


A better approach would be to offer some words of encouragement and
suggestions for improvement.

An even better approach would be to improve a bit then post images.

Andrea T.

In article . com, wrote:

A better approach would be to offer some words of encouragement and
suggestions for improvement.

An even better approach would be to improve a bit then post images.

Disagree.

Jim
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"The voices that control me from inside my head
Say I shouldn't kill you yet." - Jonathan Coulton, 'Skullcrusher Mountain'

On 15 Jun 2005 09:19:14 -0700, wrote:

A better approach would be to offer some words of encouragement and
suggestions for improvement.

An even better approach would be to improve a bit then post images.

It depends on how you perceive why people post. If you think it's
because they are saying - "Hey look at my image it's the best there
is" then I would agree. However, most post because they are proud of
what they have done but would welcome constructive criticism. There
are different levels of competence and different interpretations of
quality. I think most would be agreeable to a bit of advice and
pointing in the right direction - I know I am.

It's very negative to just jump in and say something's poor. It
destroys the confidence of the poster and probably puts off others
that would post if only for a bit of advice. Astronomy should not be
an elitist sport. You have a lot of knowledge - so share it (possibly
with some examples of your own).

--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Hi Chris,

Nice shot. Those small scopes are handy when it comes time to haul them out
or bring them back at the end of the night.

What's next?

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
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Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/

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Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATM_Optics_Software/

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"Chris Taylor" wrote in message
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Another clear evening last night but with the moon a little high. Took
this
with the Canon 350D and 80mm Skywatcher refractor mounted on a celestron
goto mount. Great thing about this arrangement is the whole lot can be
carried outside in one go. Camera bag over shoulder, scope under-arm and
battery in hand. Its up, running and taking snaps within 5 minutes.

Its about 350k to download though (1 to 2 mins on dial up?).

http://tinyurl.com/74efs

Regards


Chris

"CLT" wrote in message
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Hi Chris,

Nice shot. Those small scopes are handy when it comes time to haul them
out
or bring them back at the end of the night.

What's next?

Thanks Chuck (another C Taylor :-))

I'm working on a few globulars taken the other night. One of them; "The Wild
Duck Cluster". After the Swan and Eagle Nebulae I'm wondering if some
Ornithologist got a little restless in the evenings and found other uses for
the spotting scope?

Regards


Chris

Chris Taylor wrote:

Another clear evening last night but with the moon a little high. Took this
with the Canon 350D and 80mm Skywatcher refractor mounted on a celestron
goto mount. Great thing about this arrangement is the whole lot can be
carried outside in one go. Camera bag over shoulder, scope under-arm and
battery in hand. Its up, running and taking snaps within 5 minutes.

Its about 350k to download though (1 to 2 mins on dial up?).

http://tinyurl.com/74efs

Regards


Chris

Nice pic - I've had similar results with my 20D and Celestron C6-N
reflector (and Barlow):


http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tony.ho...oon18_4_05.jpg 300k
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tony.ho...4_05stitch.jpg
700k - spot the join!

Another poster has commented on focussing - I find this very hard wioth
just a simple rack and pinnion focus track (and no 'fine focus' like I'm
used to on microscopes.

Keep it up, I'm sure we'll both improve!

tony