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Ghosting problem on Moon images

I was experimenting with shutter speeds and ISO settings whilst imaging the Moon with my DSLR the other night and when I got down to a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second starting seeing a problem where the top … Continue reading

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Examples of DSLR Exposure Times for Lunar Imaging

I was struggling a few days ago with some images I’d taken of the Moon because they looked really poor after stacking and sharpening. I’d been experimenting, trying to get a better histogram fill for the images by increasing the … Continue reading

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10″ Dob First Light

Unbelievably it’s actually six weeks since I managed this, but I got around to writing it up in the end… Very unexpectedly, having finished my dob build the day before, around midnight there was a break in the cloud and … Continue reading

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Paper Planet Models

I found a set of “nets” for icosahedron models of planets and moons recently and made one each of Jupiter with my daughter. They’re quite tricky to make the final joins on — you really need delicate slim fingers, not … Continue reading

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Observation Report, 19/8/2011

We’ve had the occasional clear night since May, but mostly when the moon was very close to full, leaving little to observe except the moon itself, but last night was the first time I’ve been able to spent a significant … Continue reading

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Lunar 100 map with blue markers

I discovered a couple of nights ago that with my new red torch it wasn’t actually possible to read the red markers on my Lunar 100 map. So, I’ve made a new version with the markers in dark blue, which … Continue reading

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Observation report 15/2/2011

After almost a full day of pouring rain, the skies cleared in the late evening and the seeing was excellent. The moon was bright enough to cast crisp shadows and to illuminate the smoke from one of our chimneys as … Continue reading

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Observation Report 13/2/2011

Around 11pm the sky eventually cleared after a day of heavy cloud and rain to show a sky mostly washed out by the moon. This was my first chance to try out my new (to me) Startravel 102 though, so … Continue reading

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