My first moon photo

CCD vs Film? Lots of time vs no patience? Alright, this is your place to discuss all the astrophotography what's and what's not. You can discuss about techniques, accessories, cameras, whatever....just make sure you also post some nice photos here too!
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alvinsclee
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Hi Jeremy,
Interesting to hear that there are ingenious phonecam astrophotography setups. But I wonder if it would be a waste of the other functions of Nokia phones. How nice if phone manufacturers make 'astrophones', complete with eyepiece adaptors, starcharts and telescope navigation (GOTO) programs loaded in the phones...

ET would be delighted to phone home (an idea for astrophone advertisements?)... :D :D :D
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boothee
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Dear Alvin,

If you are a pocket Pocket PC or Pocket PC phone user, the softwares like "Pocket Stars" and "Taiyoukei" are amazing! Taiyoukei is a 100% free software.

Have a look when you have time. There are many amazing astronomy related softwares of Robert Brenner.

Cheers!!!

;O)
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Hey thanks, boothee. The software look very nice... will download it when I get a PDA later (I do not own a PDA, but I have MicroSky on my mobile phone)
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Hi,
This is a better moon pic taken tonight (30 June 2006) at 9:45pm
Camera settings: ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/100 s. Handheld afocal method. Magnification approx. 37.5x
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:shock: Nice shot Alvin - beautiful!

You either must have a perfect seeing or you are mighty lucky with your timing! Clouds cover the whole sky here in Yangon :cry:.

The picture is amazing for a handheld single shot.

Looking forward to see more from you,

Cheers !!!

8-)
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Hi,
Nice shot... :)

Have a nice day.
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Latest moon pic (14 July, at about 11:45pm) at IPhO Astronomy Night held in NIE:-
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NICE AND BIG!! :) GREAT WORK ALVIN!

what's the equipment you used? camera model?
Wee Nghee the Pooh
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Scope: Vixen ED80Sf APO (600mm focal, 80mm aperture) on Vixen Porta Mount (Alt-Az, no tracking)
Camera: Olympus Camedia C-750 UltraZoom (point-and-shoot autofocus digital camera)
Settings: ISO 400, f/3.2, 1/250s (set to manual mode, but focusing cannot be set to manual)
Method: Afocal (Camera handheld directly over 32mm eyepiece)
Magnification: 18.75x (no barlow used)
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