Category: Moon

  • Moon Shot June 2023

    Just warming up with the moon. Photos taken with my Cannon mirronless Mark III using my Celestron Evolution 8″ without the corrector lens, prime focus. It looks like I could have done better with my focus. This was 400 ISO and 1/32 of a second. Using Backyard EOS software to operate the camera.

  • New Camera

    I played around with a Svbony 205 using Sharpcap. I was not impressed for a few reasons. Obvious tracking was an issue. The camera is like putting a 5mm lense on, so the stars, planets and moon moved very quickly making it almost impossible to get great pictures. I bought a used Cannon on Ebay…

  • Partial Moon

    It was a beautiful evening. I got out before it got dark equipped with my brand new SVBony Sv205, my laptop and a bunch of eye pieces. First the moon really looks cool when it is still light out. It took me a while to figure out how to work the SVBony camera. For the…

  • My first View

    We have had nothing but cold cloudy days since I purchased my telescope. I noticed the sky had cleared up a little. I took these pictures holding my Iphone over the 25mm eyepiece that came with my Celestrong StartSense Exploerer 8″. My first night viewing and first dive into Astophotography was a success!