Moon photos and info

Moon Photos and Info

Piggyback w/ Maxxum 7000i

All photos in this section were taken with my Minolta Maxxum 7000i and using its lenses mounted piggyback on the LX10.

Thin crescent moon setting behind the hills at Little Blair Valley. The sunlit crescent is overexposed and the earthshine portion of the moon has the clearly visible features. [210mm@f4, 4 seconds, Fuji Superia 400, August 1, 2000 (8:45pm)].

Starlight Xpress HX916

31%-phase moon [LX10 at f/6.3 with moon filter, a mosaic of two sets of images of 0.30 seconds each (the top half is a stack of 5 images, the bottom is a stack of 9 images, all with dark and flat frames applied, then averaged, and then deconvolved), 02Mar19].
61%-phase moon [Orion 120ST at f/5 with moon filter and Meade broadband filter, a stack of 10 0.30 seconds, no dark or flat frames applied. The stack was deconvolved in AIP (defaults), then rotated, resized to 1.5X, and some brightness/contrast tweaks], 02Mar22].
93%-phase moon [Orion 120ST at f/5 with moon filter and broadband filter, a stack of 5 0.30 second images, no dark or flat frames applied, three rounds of deconvolution, 02Feb24].

Eyepiece Projection w/ Nikon CoolPix 990

All photos in this section were done using eyepiece project (can't do prime focus with an integrated lens camera like consumer-grade digital cameras like the CoolPix) using my LX10. All photos were taken with my Nikon CoolPix 990 Digital Camera.

November 2, 2000
- Northern half of moon near first quarter. [26mm eyepiece, unknown exposure, 00Nov02].
- Southern half of moon near first quarter. [26mm eyepiece, unknown exposure, 00Nov02].
May 7, 2001 (full moon)
- Southwestern portion [26mm eyepiece, 1/125 second exposure?, 01May07, home].
- Southeastern portion [26mm eyepiece, 1/125 second exposure?, 01May07, home].
- Southeastern portion [26mm eyepiece, 1/125 second exposure?, 01May07, home].
- Eastern portion [26mm eyepiece, 1/125 second exposure?, 01May07, home].
- Northeastern portion [26mm eyepiece, 1/125 second exposure?, 01May07, home].
- Northwestern portion [26mm eyepiece, 1/125 second exposure?, 01May07, home].
- Western portion [26mm eyepiece, 1/125 second exposure?, 5/7/2001, home].

Prime Focus w/ Maxxum 7000i

All photos in this section were done at prime focus using my LX10. All photos were taken with my Minolta Maxxum 7000i.

Full moon on May 17, 2000 (9pm). One of my first ever at prime focus. [f10, 1/60th second, Kodak Gold 400, Meade off-axis guider as T-adapter].

Eyepiece Projection w/ Maxxum 7000i

All photos in this section were done using eyepiece projection using my LX10. All photos were taken with my Minolta Maxxum 7000i.

Mare Crisium - May 19, 2000 (10pm), waning moon shot. High-magnification eyepiece projection (6.7mm lens). [f10, 1/8th second, Kodak Gold 400, Meade T-adapter].

Prime Focus etc. w/ LX10 and STV

All photos in this section were done at prime focus using my LX10. All photos were taken with an STV CCD camera.

July 17, 2001

Occultation of Venus [f/3.75, Meade LX10, normal mode, STV lunar filter, unknown exposure]
Occultation of Venus [f/3.75, Meade LX10, zoom mode, STV lunar filter, unknown exposure]

September 23, 2000 (3 day waning crescent)

Schickard (bottom), and arc of Mersenius, Cavendish, Vieta running top to center in the center. [f10, wide mode, STV lunar filter, .004 seconds, 09-23-2000]
Grimaldi just left of center. [f10, normal mode, STV lunar filter, .005 seconds, 00Sep23]
Schickard (center), Phocylides most prominent to its lower right. [f10, zoom mode, STV lunar filter, .002 seconds, 00Sep23]

September 3, 2000 (3-4 day waxing crescent)

Mare Nectaris and Fecunditatis in as wide an angle as I can get with the LX10 and STV [f3.75, wide mode, STV lunar filter, .005 seconds, 00Sep03].
Mare Nectaris and Theophilis a little closer up [f3.75, normal mode, STV lunar filter, .01 seconds, 00Sep03].
Mare Nectaris and Theophilis nicely framed [f3.75, zoom mode, STV lunar filter, .02 seconds, enlarged 2X, 00Sep03].
Theophilus and Madler [f10, zoom mode, no filter, .02 seconds, 00Sep03].
Hercules, Atlas (left), Cepheus, Franklin (bottom), Endymion (top), Chevallier A (center) [f10, zoom mode, no filter, .01 seconds, 00Sep03].
Posidonius and Daniell (left), Romer (lower right) [f10, zoom mode, no filter, .01 seconds, 00Sep03].
NE Mare Nectaris (lower left), Capella and Isidorus with Vallis Capella (upper left), Gutenberg and Goclenius (top), various Magelhaens and Colombo (bottom) [f10, zoom mode, no filter, .01 seconds, 00Sep03].

Prime Focus of ETX90 w/ STV

All photos in this section were done at prime focus using my father's Meade ETX90. All photos were taken with my STV.

Bottom of quarter moon [f5.2, zoom mode, STV lunar filter, .10 seconds, 00Sep06].
Tycho normal mode [f5.2, normal mode, STV lunar filter, .01 seconds, 00Sep12].
Tycho wide mode [f5.2, wide mode, STV lunar filter, .01 seconds, 00Sep12].
Tycho zoom [f5.2, zoom mode, STV lunar filter, .10 seconds, 00Sep12].
Tycho and the seas of the moon, normal mode [f5.2, normal mode, STV lunar filter, .01 seconds, 00Sep12].
Tycho and the seas of the moon, wide mode [f5.2, wide mode, STV lunar filter, .01 seconds, 00Sep12].
Tycho zoom mode again [f5.2, zoom mode, STV lunar filter, .10 seconds, 00Sep12].