Lunar Imaging with Venturescope
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The Guinness Book of Records have ratified the world record for imaging the moon from earth that took place
in April this Year
The attempt was inspired by Sir Patrick Moore who made such detailed drawings of the moon that NASA used them to help select the landing sites for the Apollo Missions and of course we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing this year. You can find out all about how it happened, exactly why it is a world record, and who was involved by going to the Lunar World Record Imaging Web Site |
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| You Too Can Observe and Image the Moon | |
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To get started, you can put your camera on a tripod and start snapping away! You will find the full moon overwhelmingly
bright and your images bland and featureless due to the lack of shadows, so it's best to take your pictures before or after! If you are using a digital camera you can just 'have a go' and adjust
your exposure and so on until you get a picture with which you are happy.
Of course taking the picture in the first place is only the start! Once you download your image to your computer you will need to process it with some kind of image processing software. Again, play with it and see what you can achieve. If you feel more ambitious you might want to start using your camera with a telescope and if you already have one, attach your camera and off you go... To attach your camera to your telescope you can use various adaptors depending on your camera. |
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If you want to find out more about how to use your Digital SLR camera for astrophotography, how to attach it to your telescope and how to process the pictures you take, then you'll find all that and more in Astro-Imaging with your DSLR Camera |
| The guys that did the imaging for the lunar image world record used big telescopes on big mounts but if you are just starting out and want a telescope that will give you good views of the moon as well and the brighter planets, the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn and some of the brighter star clusters and nebulae, and you don't want to pay an astronomical price(!) then we would recommend that you start off with a simple refracting telescope and we would highly recommend the Evostar 90 on an EQ3-2 Mount which is excellent value for money at £219.00 - and with free delivery (UK Mainland). | |
| Evostar 90 on an EQ3-2 Mount | |
| 90mm (3.5") f/10 REFRACTOR | Specifications |
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Skywatcher Evostar 90 + EQ3-2 Price: £199.00
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