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One moment of the Solar Eclipse from beautiful Hampton Plantation State Historic Site, in McClellanville, South Carolina. Took my telescope to the park on a wonderful experience, even when the clouds interfered minutes before totality. Image taken with a DSLR through my old Celestron telescope. The spots you see in the middle are sunspots.
Info: Celestron Firstscope 80EQ 900mm f/11 Refractor Telescope. On my crop factor camera turned into a 1,300 mm telephoto, ISO: 200, Mode: Manual, f/11, 1/750 sec, with cable release. Edit on Lightroom CC.
Location: Hampton Plantation State Historic Site, McClellanville, South Carolina.
Old Digital Camera: Nikon D300 (2007)
Old Telescope: Celestron Firstscope 80 EQ (2000)
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Travel Notes: Took image with an old Achromatic refractor + 2X low quality teleconverter. Making it like a 1,800mm telephoto; but when you add the X1.5 crop factor of the DSLR, is like a 2,700mm Telephoto on a full-frame camera. Use a cable release, timer, and Nikon exposure Delay mode in order to minimize shutter vibration. No crop was done to the image. Edited on Adobe Camera Raw and Google Nik Collection, Color Efex Pro 4. If you click two times on the image for a 100% view; you will be able to see craters as small as 5 miles or 8 kilometers in diameter.
(Spanish/Bitácora: Utilice un viejo telescopio junto a un multiplicador. Lo cual lo convirtió en una distancia focal de 1,800mm. Pero al añadir el "crop factor" de la cámara, es casi equivalente a un lente telefoto de 2,700mm.
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(Press "L" for a larger View). This time got my telescope and with the camera adapter is like turning it into a super telephoto lens. Also, my crop sensor camera makes my 900 mm telescope like a 1,440 mm telephoto. Just crop a little and keep most of the camera resolution. I was able to resolve a 6-mile crater on the top rim of the crater (Posidonious B).
(Spanish:Esta vez utilice mi telescopio adaptado a la cámara, es como convertirlo en un Super telephoto. Y como no use una cámara "full frame", mi alcance fue de 1,400 mm. No tuve que cropear tanto la imagen y no perdí la resolución de la cámara, logrando notar un crater de 6 millas de diámetro).
Tech Data: Canon 7D, Celestron Firstscope 80EQ 900mm f/11 Refractor Telescope, ISO:400, 1/125, Equatorial Mount with wooden Tripod, 10 second timer, mirror lockup, Edit raw file on Lightroom CC.
Note: Didn't change the color generated by the camera.
Looking at the Moon with a telescope (Press "L" or Click two times on the image for a Larger View). With my telescope in the backyard, last night was able to see and photograph the moon. I remember when I was a teenager, spending hours looking at the moon with a moon map trying to identify the craters and features.
(Spanish: Mirando la luna con mi telescopio y fotografiando la desde mi patio. Cuando joven, me pasaba horas en el patio comparando la luna en mi telescopio con un mapa, para aprenderme la posición de los cráteres).
Explored April 9, 2024
Sorry for being away for a while, I was trying to travel to Texas for the Eclipse. Did not make it, so have to settle for a partial eclipse. Soon will be visiting your photos.
Location: Sanford, Florida. UT: 19:04
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Image ID: _MG_7341
Email: photobysamuel@gmail.com
Gear: Canon 5D mk ii (2008), Celestron Firstscope 80EQ 900mm f/11 Refractor Telescope (2000) and Solar filter.
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2024:09:17 22:44:28 Eastern time
Just a Partial Lunar Eclipse, but it was great to see the shadow of planet Earth (Umbra) cover exactly the northern part of the moon.
(Spanish: Solo un Eclipse parcial, pero fue una maravillosa experiences el ver la sombra de nuestro planet (Umbra) cubrie exactamente la parte norte de la luna).
Gear: Canon 6D mounted on a Celestron Firstscope EQ mount, 80mm objective, 900mm FL, f/11 Refractor Telescope
From Location: Sanford, Florida.
Image ID: _MG_4553ACR
Email: photobysamuel@gmail.com
Thanks for the comments, likes, and views, always appreciated!!
Re edit one of my old post using what I learn last year, also taking advantage of Flickr new black background. Took this one with an inexpensive telescope and camera adapter. (Spanish: Una nueva edición de una de mis anteriores de la Luna, aplicando todo lo que aprendí el año pasado. Utilice solo un telescopio de principiantes y un adaptador de camara. El nuevo fondo negro de Flickr ayuda.)
Technical Info: Canon 40D, Celestron Firstscope 80EQ 900mm f/11 Refractor Telescope with Equatorial Mount and heavy duty wood tripod, 1/10, ISO 100, Live view magnification to focus and timer. Process: Edit file on Lightroom 5, then using channels converted to black&white. This image is part of my new Set: "Across the Universe."
Yesterday we completed important maintenance and care of all our telescopes - plus the important adding of CBSAP stickers!
First time all out together ;0)
My first telescope! Celestron Firstscope, they call it the RaspberryPi of telescope.
Strobist Info:
* Nikon SB-26 @ 1/32 power, using a reflective umbrella, camera right about two feet away.
* Nikon SB-26 @ 1/32 power (bare), pointing up at the ceiling, about seven feet from the camera, camera left.
* Nikon SB-26 @ 1/64 power (red gel), behind the telescope, pointing at the wall.
Simon picked up this Celestron FirstScope from a charity shop in our local town, brill little table top scope - hoping to use for some outreach ;0)
First astrophotography picture of the full moon taken with my Canon Digital Rebel XT connected to a Celestron FirstScope using a T-ring adapter with a 2x Barlow lens and a 20mm eyepiece that came with the telescope
Not as sharp as I would have liked. I believe this is an issue with the ability to fine focus on the FirstScope being non-existent as well as the quality of the stock eyepiece.
I shot this image of the moon during the early morning hours before dawn on January 15, 2012. The telescope is a Celestron FirstScope, purchased for $49.00 at B&H Photo.
I attached a Meade 32mm lens to a Sony 7 megapixel digital camera to capture the image. Photoshop Elements 9.0 and iPhoto were used to enhance contrast and details.
Shot 20 minutes ago, using my Celestron FirstScope 114 EQ as a 1000mm lens. Not the ideal setup, but workable for my needs.
ISO 800, 1/60th of a second, 1000mm at f/9
Post-processing included cropped to about 60% of original size, rotation, slight sharpening and contrast adjustments for additional crater detail.
It's a little soft in the upper-right, thanks to the fact that I can't collimate a reflector to save my life.
We are celebrating the 2009 international year of astronomy.
This little one is a dobsonian reflector of 77mm that Celestron made to paid tribute to the women and men that made history in astronomy.
Decided that it was too cheap for my finder, went back to store, got my $40 back.
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If one weren't fussy, may work at 15X
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I would love to know their manufacturing process that saves so much $ by not putting a few parabolizing strokes on it. No need to even test.
Aperture: 76 mm (2.99 in)
Focal Length: 300 mm f/3.95
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Some comments by the manufacturer www.celestron.com/c3/support3/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&...
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M'n Celestron Firstscope, ook gekocht voor Carmen, ging mee op vakantie. En daar zie je nog erg mooie dingen mee! Oa het Andromeda sterrenstelsel, Jupiter en 3 van z'n manen en Saturnus. Op de foto staat 'ie gericht op sterrenbeeld Cassiopeia, als richtpunt.
Would be fun to make one like this.
Same maker as this: www.celestron.com/c3/product.php?ProdID=568 and this one www.telescope.com/control/telescopes/mini-dobsonian-teles...
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User review at: www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Nu...
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Diameter: 130mm Newtonian (Parabolic)
Focal lenght: 650mm f/5
Finderscope: Red dot
Eyepieces: 25 and 10mm Super
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Jupiter, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto and SAO 79042 I think...
Please feel free to correct me.
Taken with a Celestron Firstscope, Seben 2x Barlow and quite a lot of luck.
Taken with iPhone through lens of Celestron Firstscope.
More at my astrophotography blog: www.menelvagor.com
Playing with the little telescope we got from Amazon. Only 35 bucks!
Had to wait a couple weeks for the moon to come out. In the meantime,
we had the Perseids--for which a telescope is pretty useless, and we didn't
see anything, regardless. Did manage to catch a pretty bright Venus (which, again,
is more impressive to the eye), but did have fun watching the cows on the hill.
Testing out the Celestron Firstscope in the backyard for the niece and nephew.
Photo by Daniel Leahy, 24-JUL-2013.
I shot this image of the moon during the early morning hours before dawn on January 15, 2012. The telescope was a Celestron FirstScope, purchased for $49.00 at B&H Photo.
I attached a Meade 32mm lens to a Sony 7 megapixel digital camera to capture the image. Photoshop Elements 9.0 and Apple iPhoto were used to enhance contrast and details.
About the moon...
A quick reference guide to prominent lunar features
The best place to observe details on the moon is along an imaginary line separating night from day. This is called the terminator. With an unaided eye you get a hint of what the lunar surface is like. With binoculars or a small telescope you discover smooth lunar seas, rigid highlands and countless meteorite craters. Here are lunar features you can observe from your own backyard.
Craters – Ancient impact basins where meteorites struck the moon. An accumulation of thousands of impacts over billions of years.
Crater Rays – Bright splashes left on the surface of the moon after a crater has been created.
Maria – Early astronomers thought these smooth surfaces were seas or bodies of water. They are actually large plains of hardened lava from volcanic activity.
Mountains – The moon’s mountains match the majestic heights of those on earth. The largest mountain range is called the Apennines with individual peaks rising above 5000 meters.
Rilles – Faults and channels that meander over flat and mountainous lunar terrain. Rilles may have contained flowing lava during the moon’s early days.
copyright - Mark Mathosian
Please let me know when you have had enough of these...
Again, entirely uncropped, edited or modified. No wait - I rotated it.
Sequencia de fotos tirada da lua com quase 100% do disco iluminado.
telescópio firstscope celesteron 76mmx30mm com barlow 2x mais H20mm aumento de 30x camera sony cybershot 7.2 MP
Lua crescente com quase 50% do disco iluminado pelo sol.
telescópio firstscope celesteron 76mmX300mm Ocular SR4mm 75X
Photographed through a Celestron FirstScope with a 32mm lens and Sony 7 megapixel camera on January 26, 2012 at about 7:15 p.m. Photo enlarged so details can be seen.
Moon Phases Explained
Understanding what you see....
Here is an easy way to remember moon cycles: new moon and full moon, first quarter and third quarter, and phases in between.
A new moon occurs when the moon is between the earth and sun. The back side of the moon is illuminated, the side of the moon we cannot see.
At full moon, the earth, moon, and sun are in approximate alignment, like a new moon, but the moon is on the opposite side of the earth, so the entire sunlit part of the moon is facing us. The shadowed portion is entirely hidden from view.
The first quarter and third quarter moons, referred to as a half moon, occur when the moon is at a 90 degree angle with respect to the earth and sun. We see half of the moon illuminated and half in shadow.
If you understand the above primary moon phases, the phases in-between will be easier to visualize, as the illuminated portion gradually transitions between them.
“Between" lunar phases are named crescent, gibbous, waxing, and waning. Crescent refers to phases where the moon is less that half illuminated.
Gibbous refers to phases where the moon is more than half illuminated. Waxing implies "growing" or expanding in illumination, and waning means "shrinking" or decreasing in illumination.
You combine the words to create the phase name like this:
After a new moon, the sunlit portion of the moon is increasing, but less than half is illuminated, therefore, it is a waxing crescent. After the first quarter, the sunlit portion is still increasing, but is more than half, so it is a waxing gibbous. After the full moon (maximum illumination), the light continually decreases and a waning gibbous phase occurs.
Following the third quarter is the waning crescent, which wanes until the light is completely gone and we once again have a new moon that we cannot see.
Ksieżyc widziany przez teleskopik Celestron "FirstScope Telescope" 76 mm
Made with Apict on Windows Phone 7
Eyepiece shown is not the one supplied, but produces the maximum power before image breakup.
Wonderful mechanical design, the tube is even made of steel, can't say the same for optics.
Solid and smooth pointing motions.
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Jan 16 2011
Celestron 114 firstscope and Rebel XS
Toronto, Canada
I've been obsessed with trying to get a decent picture of the moon for a little while. I finally decided to pick up a telescope which i got used on craigslist and gave it a try. It's a little out of focus but hey, it's my first try and... it was freezing out there tonight.
I'll post more as i get better.
Comments or tips?
cheers!
m.
We got a super-awesome telescope for Christmas this year! We're still learning how to use it correctly, but we've already seen the moon up close both in the day and at night. It's SOO COOOOOL!