Goodness, how'd you take this picture? I'm very curious..

I rigged my camera up to the eyepiece of a Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Telescope. It has a primary mirror diameter of 203mm (focal legnth 1200mm) , and a focal ratio of 5.9. I used a Sirius Plossl 25mm eyepiece, for a total magnification of 48x.

In English: I put the largest eyepiece (smallest magnification) into the telescope, pointed it at the moon, adjusted my tripod height so the camera was up against the eyepiece, and took a picture.

There are special CCD cameras built for astrophotography that can be attached to the telescope instead of in the eyepiece, and used to take better pictures than the one I have here, however I do not have the several-hundred-dollars to drop on one at this time.

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I'm an optimist: I believe that people are half-full of crap.

This looks professional.

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Thanks. :3

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I'm an optimist: I believe that people are half-full of crap.

Your welcome.

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"I don't want to grow up. I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."
_{Jace (City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare)}

Great job!


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-raúl

Great shot. Well done

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JojoMarina

Thank You.

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I'm an optimist: I believe that people are half-full of crap.

Hey, thanks.

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