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It finally cleared a bit here in South Florida and I shot a few experimental images of the Moon with the D-60 coupled to a 6" f/7 refractor. These two are lightly processed - cropped, levels and 50/1/0 USM. The seeing was not steady and conditions were not ideal (Moon relatively low in the sky).

Here is the gibbous moon, camera directly coupled to the scope:



and here is the Straight Wall on the Moon, using a 2X barlow lens and a heavy crop:



and here is the gallery with images of the equipment.

Please let me know what you think.

Best regards,

Joe
 
Great shots Joe. Very nice scopes also. Can you tell me where you got the 2" T-adaptor, I've only found 1.25" at local stores?

Also have you tried D60 on any deep sky objects. I have a D30 which is great for moon/sun/planetary, but way too noisy for deep sky. I've heard the D60 is less noisy, but can you actually get any faint objects? Thanks for any thougths or experience on the matter.

Alistair
Joe Jones said:
It finally cleared a bit here in South Florida and I shot a few
experimental images of the Moon with the D-60 coupled to a 6" f/7
refractor. These two are lightly processed - cropped, levels and
50/1/0 USM. The seeing was not steady and conditions were not
ideal (Moon relatively low in the sky).

Here is the gibbous moon, camera directly coupled to the scope:



and here is the Straight Wall on the Moon, using a 2X barlow lens
and a heavy crop:



and here is the gallery with images of the equipment.

Please let me know what you think.

Best regards,

Joe
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Would you have a picture with a mark to show what it is please?

(if it is troublesome, please ignore me.)
Thanks a lot

Thanh
Joe Jones said:
The Straight Wall (aka Rupes Recta - can I say that on a family
board?) is, like you said, a hairline Moon feature tha is about 110
km long and 240 meters high. It shows up nicely when the moon is
gibbous. Thanks for looking.

Joe
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Rich
RichW said:
Joe Jones said:
Sorry, forgot the gallery link:

http://www.pbase.com/jayseejay/d60_digiscoping

Joe
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Thank you Alistair.

I bought the 2" T adapter and Canon Eos T-ring from Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird - check the web. They are a good source of astro equipment.

I have seen images from a gentleman in Germany using the D60 and an 11" SCT getting simply outstanding deepsky results. Not the same results that cooled, dedicated astro CCD camera can get, but very good nonetheless.

I have not tried deepsky yet, due to weather, travel, the moon, and the very real risk that mosquitoes could carry away the D60. I'm hoping to post my first efforts in a week or so.

Best regards,

Joe
Alistair Skinner said:
Great shots Joe. Very nice scopes also. Can you tell me where you
got the 2" T-adaptor, I've only found 1.25" at local stores?

Also have you tried D60 on any deep sky objects. I have a D30
which is great for moon/sun/planetary, but way too noisy for deep
sky. I've heard the D60 is less noisy, but can you actually get
any faint objects? Thanks for any thougths or experience on the
matter.

Alistair
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Steve Mckean said:
This is one I took with a Sigma 50-500 APO wide open ... Its about
the best I can get .... Yours are Great ... Very sharp indeed.
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Yes, but he cheated. He coupled his D60 to a telescope.

At least, that's my conclusion when I hear mention of a Barlow lens.

Yours are pretty good for an ordinary camera lens....
 
I LOVE it!

Nice job...can you get us some shots of the garbage we left up there??

haha
Joe Jones said:
It finally cleared a bit here in South Florida and I shot a few
experimental images of the Moon with the D-60 coupled to a 6" f/7
refractor. These two are lightly processed - cropped, levels and
50/1/0 USM. The seeing was not steady and conditions were not
ideal (Moon relatively low in the sky).

Here is the gibbous moon, camera directly coupled to the scope:



and here is the Straight Wall on the Moon, using a 2X barlow lens
and a heavy crop:



and here is the gallery with images of the equipment.

Please let me know what you think.

Best regards,

Joe
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Hi Steve. Thanks for the compliment. I like your image a lot, as well as the other images in your gallery, in particular the sports shots. Joe
Steve Mckean said:
This is one I took with a Sigma 50-500 APO wide open ... Its about
the best I can get .... Yours are Great ... Very sharp indeed.

http://www.pbase.com/image/3198276

Regards Steve
--
D60, 75-300 IS USM (4 Sale UK), Sigama 17-35 Wide, Sigma 105 Macro,
Sigma 50-500 APO EX, Kenko x2 pro TC, EX 550 FG.

http://www.pbase.com/blue19
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Angst: My original post indicates that the images were taken with a 6" f/7 refractor, and I pointed to images of the equipment used. Joe
angst. said:
Steve Mckean said:
This is one I took with a Sigma 50-500 APO wide open ... Its about
the best I can get .... Yours are Great ... Very sharp indeed.
Click to expand...
Yes, but he cheated. He coupled his D60 to a telescope.

At least, that's my conclusion when I hear mention of a Barlow lens.

Yours are pretty good for an ordinary camera lens....
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Thanx ..

STEVE
angst. said:
Steve Mckean said:
This is one I took with a Sigma 50-500 APO wide open ... Its about
the best I can get .... Yours are Great ... Very sharp indeed.
Click to expand...
Yes, but he cheated. He coupled his D60 to a telescope.

At least, that's my conclusion when I hear mention of a Barlow lens.

Yours are pretty good for an ordinary camera lens....
Click to expand...
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D60
75-300 IS USM (4Sale UK)
Sigama 17-35 Wide
Sigma 105 Macro
Sigma 50-500 APO EX
Sigma x2 Apo TC
Kenko x2 Pro TC (4Sale UK)
EX 550
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http://www.pbase.com/blue19
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