Some Moon photos

Conn Buckley · Post by **Conn Buckley** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:54 pm

I am still working on getting the focus just right. These were taken on Feb 12 with the Canon EOS 400D attached to the Meade LXR 200 -- 10" telescope. Any opinions on the focus?
What I like about this kind of shot is that it makes me imagine what it would be like if you were approaching the Moon in a spacecraft --- when you are just that distance when the Moon is so close that you can only see a portion of it through the spacecraft window.
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John O'Mahony · Post by **John O'Mahony** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:02 pm

Nice shots Conn!
Which lens did you use on the camera?

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:52 pm

Very nice Conn,
how did you taken them, did you use an eyepiece and camera lens ??

Conn Buckley · Post by **Conn Buckley** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:36 pm

No lens or eyepiece. I remove the eyepiece holder and camera lens I have the adapters/t-ring etc to connect the camera directly to the back of the scope.
The ISS trails , Moon shots etc are giving me great experience/practice with the focussing. I still think I have not got it exactly right yet.

Dave, how does a 'focus reducer' work? For example, with the above arrangement I cannot get the whole Moon in the shot, so is a FR variable or fixed?

Dave Lillis · Post by **Dave Lillis** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:45 pm

Well, what happens is you screw tghe focal reducer directly onto the back of the scope using the scts threads that are there, the t-ring then goes on that.
There are 2 types of focal reducers, a F6.3 and F3.3. The F3.3 is for narrow field ccd imaging so the one you want is the F6.3, like this one..
http://www.scopetronics.com/cel_reducer.htm
scroll down to the f6.3 reducer.
there is no gaurentee it will give you the full moon, I have one and you can give it a go first to see if it works.

Frank Ryan · Post by **Frank Ryan** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:07 am

Lovely shots Conn,
focus looks good to me.