Moon Shot
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Saturday evening I got the telescope out in a effort to see if I could get a decent image of Mars. It was supposed to be clear and the moon was going to be out, so I figured it may cut down on the brightness of Mars some and I might be able to use that to my advantage. It didn’t turn out that way; clouds! I tried anyway and not too impressed with the results. So I figured I’d take a few moon shots since it was so bright it washed out any hope of seeing any DSO’s.
To see the image and read the description click below.
The image above is principally of the crater Plato (north is up). It is the large (101 km) dark crater in the upper part of the image. There are small craters (craterlets) within Plato, but I need to use more magnification to see them. Plato is also known for Lunar Transient Phenomena, which is a pretty interesting topic, I didn’t see any. Just getting this image through the clouds and not have it so blurry you couldn’t make anything out was pretty anomalous actually.
To the right of Plato the Montes Alps appear to be split by the rille Vallis Alps. which looks to be connecting the Mare Imbrium (south) and the Mare Frigoris (north).
Looking down and to the right, (southeast) you can see three prominent craters: (clockwise) Arstillus (55 km), Autolycus (39 km), and Archimedes (83 km). This area is known as Sinus Lunicus, and is famous for being the fist place that a spacecraft from Earth went. The Russians did it with Luna 2 in 1959.
Continuing clockwise, the crater Timocharis is in the lower part of the image. Looking northwest, the not so diminutive crater Le Verrier can be seen; at 20 km it isn’t exactly a craterlet. Finally, slightly east of due north the Montes Recti shows up well, it looks like a loaf of bread to me (ok so I’m hungry), at any rate it points the way to the Montes Teneriffe.
Wow,I almost feel I could reach out and touch it!.Great job!!!!
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The clouds really softened up the image though..oh well.
graet detail on the picture
I love the moon so I heard about it I thought it was really cool, great job!!!
I wont to have a backgrond
It, magnificent what the almighty has created!
peaceful sight………..
Tom, I have put together a Space Blogroll. You’re already on it, you don’t have to do anything. However, if you would like to display the Space Blogroll on your site, you are welcome to do so; the code for that is available here.
I use binoculars and a few days ago I could see a crescent moon and Venus at the same time through them,as Mercury was setting and Mars was rising oppisite in the East.Later Saturn rose and the Orion nebulae was cool too.A great time to be alive!!!
I love the moon! It’s so beutiful. I really enjoy the picture you have here, it’s awesome!
Awesome picture keep it up!
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Great picture. Go again tonight it’s beautiful!
My ‘first look’ at the moon through a telescope (1971, Florida, 12-inch reflector) : “Wow! It’s a big rock! How does it stay up there?” Now, 34 years later, it’s every bit as fascinating.
u had a great idea then,tom.if i was in ur place i’d rather wait for the clouds to move.how folish tht would be of me.missing this great shots are really foolishness.i love the shots!tom
u know what tom.?i m never able to take an image.i just try to fix the site a bit to make it look beautiful and totaly loose the site,and can never get it back……at least that day:))
loved the moon it was the most coolest thing
Really beautiful. It is funny how the moon is always there but we take so little time to stare.
Wonderful picture, thanks a lot!!
Incrediable shot. I’m first time enjoying your site. Thank-you for your passion for the sky!!! I live in Eugene, Oregon and the rain stopped and the clouds parted for me to enjoy the moon tonite. Hope to see some of the meteor shower on Thursday nite. Keep the pics coming Tom!!!
Nice shot… is that the Meade LPI?
FOR A BREIF TIME DRIVING HOME AROUND THE WINDWARD SIDE OF OAHU THE CLOUDS PARTED AND WE COULD SEE THE MOON WITH THE REFLECTION AND A BAND OF LIGHT ON THE WATER WITH A LITTLE ISLAND CALLED RABBIT ISLAND IN THE BACKGROUND . ALSO , I BELIEVE IT WAS MARS OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT ? A SPECTACULAR SHOT OF PARADISE AT NIGHT . PICTURE THAT ! ALOHA AHUI HO BRETT AND DIANE
it’s very beautiful sight of moon, by see this we refresh our faith on almight allah. people fight for basic necessity by killing & dominating other countries. but allah say’s in holy quran that i will provide food & shelter to every creature, in every parts of universe & glaxies.
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In God we belive
Rob, that was the DSI. I am waiting on a new camera which should provide a substantial increase in quality, perhaps next week.
Its an amazing view. Makes you want to walk on it. Keep taking those pictures.
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How I wish all God-loving creatures will have that special admiration and interest looking at beautiful creation as the moon. Wonderful ! Thanks for the opportunity.
first time to visit your blog. Love it. what a big beautiful universe we have. Show us more.
wow, great pic, am a star gazer myself, never been to this blog though, in fact new to blogs altogether !!
But a wonderful pic, what was the magnification & what is the aperture of ur tele & what type of telescope were u using.
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I was cam here just for you and also, reading the your coments, Actualy a moon can’t clean forever, sometime that is looking damage but they shall feel this point who have a lover too smart,hansum,cute and etractive.
Orion, I was using a Meade 10 inch LX200 @ f-6.3 with a Meade DSI. so that would make it around 200 X.
Tom, beautiful picture!! I just added your blog to My Yahoo page, looking forward to more. The full moon was beautiful here last night!! The sky is a fascinating place to observe. Hope it is clear for the meteor showers!! We’ve missed the last few because of clouds. Thanks for sharing!
Great pic! Could you tell me what Star or Planet i was seeing last night 11-14 just below the Moon, I was looking at the Moon at about 6:30 PM from the Santa Cruz Mountains in Ca.
wow!its great reading this! i enjoyed it.
Great job, keep them coming. I heard something you might be interested in. Email me and let you know. Beautiful!!!!!
James, that would have been Mars.
i think it’s a really wonderful pic . the mo0n takes me by imaginary feelings i really like it thnx 4 this pic
I love the moon and anything that is part of God’s wonderful creation.
I feel it is part of me. The moon is so beautiful with it’s great light that I often send her a kiss…I enjoyed looking at the pictures and reading the material. Anything having to do with the universe just amazes and intrigues my imangination. Keep it coming.
Tom wow thanks for sharing with all, the great shots. I have been staring up at the sky since as far back as I can remember. I don’t own a telescope or anything, always wanted too though. And seeing your images I get to see so much more. Thank you. Keep up the great work.
I look forward to more exciting shots!
Tom,
I just added your blog to my yahoo. I work 12am till 9am and look at the sky at night a lot. I will be watching for the meteor shower on Thursday. Thank you for the pictures and information!
i love the moon and stars!
looks great I love this stuff
Just GREATTTT!
We are pretty much cut off from stuff like this huh!
Question that I picked up from….. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/july/21/newsid_3058000/3058833.stm
Can you remember watching the giant leap for mankind? How did you feel?
Let me remember … 21 July 1969, and I was eaxctly 13 years old growing up in Pakistan….. there was excitement, there was a new and different energy that encouraged all to keep abreast with what was happening – the television and radio stations made it a point to mention the latest updates from NASA – and ofcourse – I do remember – there was a defined group of religeous heretics that tried to poison public opinion by saying that the US was orchestrating the entire episode just to have an edge over the USSR and that it was defying the realm of the Almighty Allah etc etc. Hmmmm….. I do remember that …. and crazy huh?
What excites me is the fact that I am so instinctively sure that there maybe a sure source of energy resources available in abundance on the moon which we can use to our advantage. Lets face it – theearths fast depleting resources and the open abuse of the ecology by mankind leaves us very little room to pin more hopes on whatever is available. Ifear that our younger generation will face and see harder times…… it will literally be a survival of the most resourceful and most fittest era in the history of mankind. What does the moon have to give to us….. or is it just a matter of …. the old fable of the Old Lady Spinning Moon Dust for all to see??
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If only our naked eyes could view the moon with such clearity. Thank you Tom for bringing the Moon closer to Earth.
i ameer i hop to see the moon in appear and serve my country
new to the computer and dont know how I got here but it was a beautiful pic? many a time I wished i knew how to take a pic like that. keep up the great work please contact me and tell me how you did it? I live by a lake and get cool moon views so i would love to take a few pics. thankx
thank you very much it was very nice of you to share
Thanks a lot, it was nice of you to share the beutifull expirience that you have to have a real close pick to the moon i wish i can do that, keep doing what you love and keep writing it to us …. thanks
that pic is the best. I can\’t wait to see more exciting shots.
I shared your blog with my office co-worker/boss. She was amazed and oohed and aahed at the moon.
More about moons.Thanks for sharing.
I love the moon. In regard to our resources and their depletion; conservation will go a long way to help. It is wrong for anyone to dirty the place up and walk away. Clean as you go. We plant trees when we cut them down. Also, you should take a look at the Abiotic Oil theory. We may not have as much of a problem with oil as we think. Of course, continue looking for cleaner sources of energy…methane would be a good start. If we could do more with shale oil too; Alaska has the potential to out-produce Saudi Arabia in oil if shale oil production comes about. All you have to do is dream, think and DO.
Great shot, make a good wallpaper
I love the Picture, I do to agree I love the Sky!! Write to me at divine_barbie@hotmail.com
COOL!
Is that a UFO
oh no…just a bird
buetiful picture
Just kidding before
Great picture
Like to see more
Keep looking to the skys Tom
That is our future.
Nice pic, love it. Would love to see more. Keep up the good work.
great shot of the moon, i am moon crazy… howwllll
oh by the way i am known as MOONGAZER…
That’s a incredible sight ! I would like to see a more distant planet with the same clarity.
we are truly blessed. you tom are truly talented . thanks for sharing . love from the thomases!
Tom,
Great image of the lunar surface. What are you using to take the images?
Hi Dan,
10 inch LX200 @ f 6.3
Meade DSI
The image was 75 frames stacked in Registax, tossed another 50.
Didn’t use a filter because it was taken through a cloud which explains the softness. I took a couple of others but haven’t gotten around to them yet.
Mars is proving to be tough because the sky just won’t coorporate.
Cheers
Hey! Why was my comment deleted?? Did I say something wrong? I think I said something good about the moon didn’t I?? Well… I do like the moon better that ur-anus. ha ha ha
Deleted? There were a couple of duplicates, might have got it by mistake..appologies.
You guys should have seen the moon the other morning in Houston Texas.
Bout 7:0am
It was hanging so low
and it was sooooo huge
the biggest I have ever seen
soft, orange, warm, peacful
I love this universe
Hi MJ, That’s a beautiful description of the Moon, I also LOVE the MOON
I wish I was able to have seen it in it’s wonderful splendour of soft, orange, warm, tender and peacful isn’t our UNIVERSE just wonderful…God the Almighty Creation….
Thanks Jocelyn
It is good to be alive.
It is too easy to focus on the negative. (war, tsunami’s, poverty, etc…)
Glad to have all this beauty around us to help ease some of this worldly strife and angst.
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MJ, Thank you for your response, indeed it’s wonderful to be alive to behold the beauty of creation and most importantly appreciating it…the positive outlook on life and our world is always the best way to go. It makes us look at life in whole new prospective rather than focusing on
the negative situations in our world.
anythang new up in the sky lately???
Hey!! What’s’ up? I have not seen no new blog. How come???