The most
interesting of all heavenly bodies to view through binoculars or
telescope...and not too difficult to photograph.
Emersion of Antares after occultation on the
7th April 2007; digital image by eyepiece projection through a 25.4cm
Newtonian reflector, 1/500th second exposure. The star reappeared in two
stages a few seconds apart, as the 7th magnitude companion and then the
1st magnitude primary were uncovered by the Moon's disk.
A close-up of Mare Serenitatis; the large
crater upper left is Posidonius. Digital image (using camera zoom) by
eyepiece projection through a 25.4cm Newtonian reflector, 1/30th second
exposure.
The three day old moon imaged through a 15cm f/4 reflector
with 2X Barlow in series giving an effective focal length of 1670mm and f/11, 1/8
sec exposure onto Kodak Elitechrome 200 film.
Crescent Moon in bright
twilight imaged through a Takahashi FS128 refractor.
7 day old moon imaged
through a Takahashi
FS128 refractor; 1/15 sec exposure.
10 day old moon; 1/30 sec exposure.
Full moon close to perihelion imaged on the 28th Jan 2002;
1/60 sec.
Moon imaged on the 10th September 2003 by eyepiece projection
from a 15cm f/4 RFT into a
Nikon CoolPix 4500 digital camera (image is
right-left inverted compared with ones above). Note libration in each
image.
17 day old moon imaged on the 14th September 2003
by eyepiece projection from a 15cm f/4 RFT into a
Nikon CoolPix 4500 digital camera.
24 day moon
with prominent earthshine.
Imaged on the 23rd September 2003
by eyepiece projection from a 15cm f/4 RFT into a
Nikon CoolPix 4500 digital camera. The star at bottom right is BSC 3869,
mag 6.5.