Very nice shots Gertjan!

Gertjan wrote:
Photographing the moon gets more interesting when you try to include other objects in your composition. You will find out that the moon is traveling bloody fast!


Good job!

You are sure correct about it being fast. I failed pretty poorly at getting anything decent for a lunar eclipse at moonrise opportunity sometime last year. It would have helped if I had done my homework to know EXACTLY where to be looking on the horizon. Who would have thunk, that eclipsed moon is quite a bit dimmer than the un-shadowed version! And even when not eclipsed, the moon is considerably less bright when close to the horizon due to all that atmosphere in the way -- so don't base your exposure on what worked before in a different situation.

Gertjan wrote:
Photographing the moon gets more interesting when you try to include other objects in your composition. You will find out that the moon is traveling bloody fast!


The problem of the moon traveling fast while trying to compose with other objects in the frame may be partially mitigated by making sure that the other object[s] is[are] moving also. Be sure to click on the link in the description to see a larger version.

Nice Picture Paul!

The problem of the moon traveling fast while trying to compose with other objects in the frame may be partially mitigated by making sure that the other object[s] is[are] moving also.

Unfortunately I couldn't find a way to make those university buildings move in the same direction of the moon.

Just FYI


--NASA is going to smash 2 Satellites into the botton edge of the moon. Coming up this friday morning, at 530am.

The impacts are viewable-LIVE on NASA TV.
This is the link-- http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Here is link to the main NASA countdown page, where the Live TV link is from.--
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html

This is kind of a pretty big deal. What is happening is the search for frozen water, and other elements. From examining the resultant cloud, or "ejecta plume" of dust sent up- the mineral content can be revealed.

They say that by using at least a 10' telescope it can be viewed, however, locating the actual impact site is quite involved.

SO-- why do it that way- instead, NASA TV will have live feed from several ground based telescopes, in addition to the actual satellite feed before, AND DURING the impacts! -I repeat, LIVE feed!!

So, I Recommend trying out the links now, watch the TV to make sure that you can get to operate properly. Then Friday at 530am, turn it on and watch the dust fly.

Sounds like the estimate is that the cloud(ejecata) that will be blown up should be huge-- in the neighborhood of 160THOUSAND feet --thats 160,000 feet high. --Like 5 miles!


Lots of luck, Bob

Oh, and that time of 530am--it's mountain time zone. 430 pacific. 730am East Coast.

Let anyone, and everyone you know that might be interested, and available to watch, and witness history--LIVE!!

Rob-Bob wrote:
Just FYI

--NASA is going to smash 2 Satellites into the botton edge of the moon. Coming up this friday morning, at 530am.



Ok, if no one else is going to do it, I'll have to:

Hey Rob-Bob! Which is the bottom edge of the moon?

And does that depend on which edge of the Earth I live on?

P.S. Good to see you again, Rob-Bob!

Hi Mark! I will take a small issue, in a very friendly-informative manner, with your statement that "the moon has no contrast and no shadows." That is not necessarily true in my 20+ years in astronomy and photography. I have had many telescopes and have done astrophotography, most recently and presently with a 20D(A), 5D, and a film Canon AE1.
The moon has many, many shadows within its craters and along the terminator, (no not Arnaaaahhhhld ). With a basic telescope, one can see shadows presented by the mountains also. You can see the shadows of the mountains into the crater floors on many places on the moon. Along the terminator is a great place to view shadows. The mountains of the moon cast very lovely shadows in different phases. It is also somewhat contrasty.
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I began with a film Canon slr and have used my 20DA, 5D, 1DsMK2 and now a 20D. You can get many fine images to include shadows cast by mara, mountains and other moon features.

It is 0330am here in Maryland and am watching the prep for the impact on the NASA channel.
Good luck!
Dan

paulfeng wrote:
And does that depend on which edge of the Earth I live on?

Here's an inverted moon for ya.

I had another couple of goes - see my Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/markandstuart/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markandstuart/

What I was trying to say was that there is less contrast on a full moon (one of my pictures shows this), although looking to the "top right" terminator the craters show up quite nicely. I still haven't got any teleconverters though.

There are ways to make it more challenging. I took a shot of a star being occulted by the dark side of a crescent moon that was lit by earthshine.

I couldn't see the star with my eyes. But I knew from my Starry Night software exactly when the star would hit the moon, and I took a series of pictures at the right time with just long enough exposure for the very dim star, then checked the results and found the star.

paulfeng wrote:
PierreB wrote:

A sizable minority of us United Statesians (no one to be taken seriously says that, by the way) recognize Guernsey and Jersey as varieties of cows; I suppose those bovines came from your way?
Anyhow - nice to make your acquaintance.

I thought they were sweaters
Niall

Incidentally the full name is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".