Alex Gorstan
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Everyone's made this mistake right?
#3213750 - 07/12/09 01:50 PM
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Tried doing an afocal shot of the moon. My first attempt at an astrophoto through my c925 (and probably my second attempt on any scope).
Oh well, hope you get a chuckle out of it, as i did  oops!
Edited by Alex Gorstan (07/12/09 02:52 PM)
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haytor
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Re: Everyone's made this mistake right?
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#3213763 - 07/12/09 01:58 PM
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Sorry but that image link is not working for me, i tried copying and pasting it to my browser to no avail!
Tom
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DaemonGPF
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Re: Everyone's made this mistake right?
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#3213834 - 07/12/09 02:49 PM
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LOL, that's awesome! Well, despite the "oops" part, the craters look really crisp!
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Alex Gorstan
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Re: Everyone's made this mistake right?
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#3213842 - 07/12/09 02:53 PM
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Sorry but that image link is not working for me, i tried copying and pasting it to my browser to no avail!
Tom
gah.. oops again fixed
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John Carruthers
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Re: Everyone's made this mistake right?
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#3213853 - 07/12/09 03:00 PM
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wish my first afocal had been that good 
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Domerman
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#3213866 - 07/12/09 03:08 PM
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I kinda like it. It's like you have the moon in a glass jar or a marble or something.
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zAmbonii
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Re: Everyone's made this mistake right?
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#3213871 - 07/12/09 03:12 PM
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kinda reminds me of the "necklace" on the cat in the movie "Men in Black". The one where it contained a whole galaxy inside
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haytor
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Re: Everyone's made this mistake right?
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#3213872 - 07/12/09 03:13 PM
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Thanks for fixing the link Alex,
I have never had an Afocal shot like that but i like it, like seeing the moon in a glass orb.
If you can get an Afocal shot with craters that sharp the way you intended, then the image will be a sweet one!
Tom.
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Re: Everyone's made this mistake right?
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#3213909 - 07/12/09 03:48 PM
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That picture is full of win!  Thank you!
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imjeffp
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#3215346 - 07/13/09 12:21 PM
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Whoops! Still a happy accidental result. Sorta like looking out the spaceship window.
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tommyhawk13
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Re: Everyone's made this mistake right?
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#3216177 - 07/13/09 07:29 PM
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You might be onto something creative, Alex. If you could back up the camera a bit to get more of the focuser in the image and still achieve focus in the eyepiece, tone the flash down a bit...
You've got my wheels turning!
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Alex Gorstan
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Re: Everyone's made this mistake right?
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#3217698 - 07/14/09 02:19 PM
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hm, interesting point there tommyhawk..
I could set up an external flash to illuminate the scope at the right intensity to get the moon clearly in the eyepiece (it's a 2" so that is helpful) that would make a pretty darn cool shot. Good thinking, I'll give that a try.
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