Summer Moon

July 3, 2009, 3:19 pm | James Spann | Pictures

Thanks to Ed Tyler of Pell City for this image… he writes:

“This image is a composite of two image I made last night. I am not
totally happy with the sharpness but it will come with practice. I used a Meade 8 inch LX200 2000mm F/10.0 telescope and attached my Pentax K20d camera to it. Even though the whole stack of equipment is weighs over 100 lbs. vibration is still a problem. The full resolution print makes a 16×20 picture.”

Fwd: Composite of the moon

4 Responses to “Summer Moon”

  1. Matt Says:
    July 3rd, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    VERY nicely done! Beautiful picture.

  2. Chuck Biddinger Says:
    July 3rd, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    Great photo. I would love to have a telescope, but I would not use it enough to justify the cost.

    Why is it a composite of two images?

  3. Ed Tyler Says:
    July 3rd, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    The image of the moon is too large to fit on the sensor of my camera. I take multiple images and merge them in Photoshop.

    Ed

  4. Ken Yates Says:
    July 5th, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    Nice shot, Ed. Makes me want to break out with my ‘puny’ Meade 4″ and my Camera and start playing around again. :) de KI3N

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