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Night Moon Shots

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Post by Joseduddy »

Jose Here!
Would love all your feed back on my first try of the moon.
Good or Bad... I have got to learn LOL :Astronomer1:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/t42Ut2NStWD68PTe7
Thanks Jose

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Your are getting some details in the craters, it seems you are having fun :)
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Re: Night Moon Shots

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Post by StarHugger »

Nice collection of Lunar images, I remember my first clicks of Luna with a little handheld camera many Moons ago...

So much fun to be in the moment your in,

Not to worry though your images are way better than mine were.


Best of Luck and Skies in Course !
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Nice start, I enjoy exploring and stretching. What do you like best about your shots? What did you learn from your first lunar photoshoot?
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Very nice Jose :)
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Post by JayTee »

These are great first attempts. Your images are where most of us started in the AP journey.

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Hola Jose,
These are very good for a first attempt but we can't give you advice if we don't know what you're using? You asked for feedback but give no details about your equipment. So previous comments have been encouraging but nobody can give you meaningful feedback on how to improve the images in the future.

You have a small SCT in one photo and an eyepiece camera in another frame.

Are you using that eyepiece camera directly or a mobile phone behind the eyepiece of the Celestron?

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Post by Greenman »

Joe asks some really good questions - how are you positioning the camera at the eyepiece? You clearly like working at it - it will come welcome to the rabbit hole...
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