My first telescopic shot of the Moon - 4/8/23
After waiting literally decades after seeing the orange tubes in an advertisement in a 1974 National Geographic I finally bit the bullet and purchased a Celestron EdgeHD 8" telescope. I wanted to dab into astrophotography but didn’t want to buy a Celestron mount. I knew there were more modern mounts available but I liked the old, outdated look of the Losmandy mount, so that’s what I picked. However, the long, tough wait for Losmandy to make the mount is/was excruciating. In the meantime I ended up throwing the telescope tube on a tripod and temporarily use it that way. It’s a horrible experience and I can't wait for the telescope mount to come in.
At a focal length of 2000mm the moon was literally moving out of the frame so fast that I had to use a fast shutter speed and an awfully high ISO just to stop it, but it worked. I'll hold judgement on the optical qualities vs my usual 400mm lens until I can get some guided, low ISO photos.
So that said, here's my first unguided photo of the moon through the telescope.
My first telescopic shot of the Moon - 4/8/23
After waiting literally decades after seeing the orange tubes in an advertisement in a 1974 National Geographic I finally bit the bullet and purchased a Celestron EdgeHD 8" telescope. I wanted to dab into astrophotography but didn’t want to buy a Celestron mount. I knew there were more modern mounts available but I liked the old, outdated look of the Losmandy mount, so that’s what I picked. However, the long, tough wait for Losmandy to make the mount is/was excruciating. In the meantime I ended up throwing the telescope tube on a tripod and temporarily use it that way. It’s a horrible experience and I can't wait for the telescope mount to come in.
At a focal length of 2000mm the moon was literally moving out of the frame so fast that I had to use a fast shutter speed and an awfully high ISO just to stop it, but it worked. I'll hold judgement on the optical qualities vs my usual 400mm lens until I can get some guided, low ISO photos.
So that said, here's my first unguided photo of the moon through the telescope.