Astronomy / Space Amatuer Lunar Photgraphs

Full Moon over here in the States and I thought I'd give a try at getting some good shots. Canon EOS 20D, 300mm lense, ISO400, tripod. Still hard for me to believe we were there. Can't wait to get a nice telescope and really get into some stargazing. Fly safe, CMDR's!

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here's mine
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Full Moon over here in the States and I thought I'd give a try at getting some good shots. Canon EOS 20D, 300mm lense, ISO400, tripod. Still hard for me to believe we were there. Can't wait to get a nice telescope and really get into some stargazing. Fly safe, CMDR's!

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z272/romilayu/IMG_6092_zpsqzqxaoxv.jpg

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z272/romilayu/IMG_6098_zpsccqj1tgg.jpg

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z272/romilayu/IMG_6117_zps7xzq8mie.jpg

Nice shots, remember as soon as you get a telescope, the best time to observe and photograph the moon is usually when it's not full. ;)
Also, very important, if you get a rather large one remember to filter it or diaphragm its aperture a bit for full moon view, or either project it on some white plain surface. It's not harmful otherwise, but could get straining or outright painful for the eye.

Yep I also find it 'hard to believe'

There's not much to believe, everyone knows by now that that's just an holographic projection put in place to hide the Mothership of our Reptilian Overlords. Blessed Be Their Scales.

Canon EOS 500D mit 80 € Objektiv Tamron LD Di II macro 55 - 200 mm (320 mm Kleinbild äuivalent). Anklicken zum vergrößern. :D

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That's a nice and sharp image for just a 200 mm, even more so for a Tamron one, look like that "LD" isn't printed there just for marketing after all. (I have one of those ubiquitous Tamron 70-300 that I regularly use on my 60D. Incredible bang for bucks, but it's chromatic aberration galore on everything above 180-200 mm).
 
I second MarktJones statement, a telescope of any kind (except the totally plasticky toy ones) is something absolutely worth to get, and the Moon is a sight to behold already in the smallest refractors or reflectors easily found around for less than 100 €/£/$.

Nothing beats the first view ever of the Moon through a telescope, the moment you realize that's truly another world you are seeing, with its plains, mountains and valleys. The sight must have been awe inspiring as well as terrifying for the first observers as Galileo and the like.
 
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