Dean's Moon pictures

Webcam


Taken through my 2 inch Tasco and 17mm plossl using my webcam. I had to hurry before the Moon disappeared behind the trees. The frame is unprocessed.

Aristarchus
Logitech + 18"NGT		 Tycho and Clavius
Logitech + 18"NGT		 Imbrium mosaic
Logitech + 18"NGT		 Rupes Cauchy
Logitech + 18"NGT		 Straight Wall: 1st quarter
Toucam + C9.25		 Straight Wall: last quarter
Logitech + 18"NGT
Alps
Toucam + C9.25
 Apennines
Toucam + C9.25
 Hyginus
Toucam + C9.25
 Clavius and Moretus
Toucam + C9.25		 Clavius
Toucam + 2x Barlow + C9.25		 Mosaic from Julius Caesar to Thoephilus 6 days after new
Toucam + C9.25

Close-up of domes
west of Copernicus
using 2x barlow		 Copernicus
Toucam + C9.25		 Close-up of Copernicus
using 2x barlow

Digital Camera

During a 10-day string of clear nights in April 2005, I took pictures of the Moon with my Olympus C-5000 digital camera each night. The sequence starts 5 days past new and ends with full moon.  All except one were taken by hand-holding the camera to the eyepiece of my 6" f/8 Dobsonian.  The number given under the date is the focal length of the eyepiece.  I started with the widest field because it is easiest to position the camera.  My 17mm/6" Dob just barely fits the entire Moon.
April 13
32mm
 April 14
32mm in 2" Tasco
 April 15
25mm
 April 16
25mm
 April 17
25mm
 April 18
17mm
 April 19
17mm
On April 20th, I started taking higher power images.  However, my higher power eyepieces don't have enough eye relief to image the whole field.  The solution is to use a barlow lens.  Barlows maintain eye relief while increasing the magnification.
April 20: 17mm
 April 21
25mm
 April 22
25mm
 April 23
25mm
Imbrium Copernicus, Kepler, Aristarchus
 Copernicus, Kepler, Aristarchus
 Mare Orientale
Tycho
Tycho