Saturday, 9 April 2011

Lunar observation using Orion Apex 90mm Mak Cass

On 09/04/11, I observed the moon around 2000 to 2104 hr. Moon was 33% full waxing crescent. The sky was very clear however, it was a bit windy. I mounted my telescope only on camera tripod hence, it was not very stable and a little bit wobbly. I successfully took some pictures and a video of the moon with the help of Bader Planetarium camera adapter that I bought on February at Astrofest this year. The video and pictures was taken using Afocal technique, a popular method among beginners like me. It's cheap (compare to CCD or DSLR photography) and reasonably easy.  Below is the video and a picture I took during my observation:




A lot of craters visible through 90mm Telescope. Big crater such as theopilus, cryllius, and catherina( the trio) among the craters that you can easily see even with a small binocular.(picture taken using Nikon Coolpix L18 8Megapixel)


6 comments:

  1. Assalamualaikum. Menarik Yusri. Video cerapan dirakam menggunakan kamera biasa dibantu dengan teleskop? Lokasi cerapan di kawasan tinggi?

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  2. wskm...oh xletak lokasi dalam report ni.. video ak amik dengan camera nikon cool pix je di gandingkan dengan teleskop 90mm diameter...

    ak cerap kat belakang rumah je..xtempat tinggi pun..di twickenham..

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  3. Haha.. menarik, seronok dok kat UK... peluang banyak, macam-macam benda baru boleh dapat, barang pun senang nk dapat...

    memang cerap sorang-sorang la ni...

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  4. sorang2 belakang rumah..xda orng join..nnt kat msia ko join ar ak..

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  5. Haha.... Insya-Allah.. teringin gak nak guna alat-alat canggih ni...

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  6. bestnya imej. nanti aku pun dapatkan imej camni jugak^^, doakan aku. nanti dah jadi cikgu pun aktif jgk ye. nak tengok camne langit msia. hehe

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