Panasonic FZ5 & FZ20 moon pictures

David J Taylor wrote:
RichA wrote:
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Probably not enough magnification to worry about atmospheric (seeing)
conditions. If the stars are really twinkling, that's a sign that
the atmosphere is unsteady and detail can be washed out.
I thought the shots were good because there was crater detail and yet
they were taken without a driven astronomical mounting.
-Rich


The elevation of the moon was only about 20 degrees in the shot from this
year, hence my comment. The exposure was just 1/500s at f/4 (according to
the EXIF data). One day I'll get a proper telescope (been saying that for
30 years) but the atmospheric light pollution just gets worse and worse
here so there's not much point.

Thanks for the comments, though. Just fun shots with a new toy!

Cheers,
David


If you wait long enough, maybe you can get a telescope with adaptive
optics. grin.


--
Ron Hunter

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:12:24 GMT, "David J Taylor"
wrote:

RichA wrote:
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Probably not enough magnification to worry about atmospheric (seeing)
conditions. If the stars are really twinkling, that's a sign that
the atmosphere is unsteady and detail can be washed out.
I thought the shots were good because there was crater detail and yet
they were taken without a driven astronomical mounting.
-Rich

The elevation of the moon was only about 20 degrees in the shot from this
year, hence my comment. The exposure was just 1/500s at f/4 (according to
the EXIF data). One day I'll get a proper telescope (been saying that for
30 years) but the atmospheric light pollution just gets worse and worse
here so there's not much point.

Thanks for the comments, though. Just fun shots with a new toy!

Cheers,
David


Doesn't matter on planets or the moon. Light pollution only effects
"deepsky" objects like nebula, galaxies, stars, etc.
-Rich