2,288 miles per hour...

Douglas McMann

Douglas McMann

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It never ceases to amaze me when looking at the moon, that it isn't a flat disc...it's actually an enormous chunk of three dimensional rock, whizzing around above us at 2.288 miles per hour...gotta love it....!

Hastily taken this morning with my 5D hooked up directly to my 8" Newtonian. Please forgive the blurriness...it was bloody cold....!!!

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Well done, Dougie. So it's not a god looking over us? You'll be saying there is no Santa next ;)

Good shot. I have a friend who used to be the resident astronomer at the Mills Observatory in Dundee. He has taken a few shots over the years of various celestial bodes, but says he can't be bothered investing the time and money to do it 'properly'. But, as you've proved here, you can still get a good shot with basic equipment. Well done.

Apart from its speed, I'm always amazed by its pull on our oceans...
 
Thanks Rob...I have done a lot better, but I had to grab it just before it began snowing so I could lift all my gear back into the house...."blawin' a hoolie" up here now...:-(

I agree with your friend, it can be very expensive for the proper camera equipment to capture what you see, so I'm going to stick to simple viewing just now, until I can find a way to sneak stuff home without my bank manager and my wife finding out...

One of the benefits of living up here are the dark skies, especially at this time of year...spent a magical hour this morning viewing Jupiter and her moons...awesome...
 
I just look through a goodish pair of binoculars. I remember the first time I saw Mars through them - breathtaking, even though it was just a slightly larger orange blob than usual.
 
Rob MacKillop said:
Well done, Dougie. So it's not a god looking over us? You'll be saying there is no Santa next ;)

Good shot. I have a friend who used to be the resident astronomer at the Mills Observatory in Dundee. He has taken a few shots over the years of various celestial bodes, but says he can't be bothered investing the time and money to do it 'properly'. But, as you've proved here, you can still get a good shot with basic equipment. Well done.

Apart from its speed, I'm always amazed by its pull on our oceans...
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Of course there is a God looking over us, in many forms if you look in the right direction Rob:D, but apart from that, a very good shot of a significant object up there with simple means. Very well done Douglas.
 
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