Saturn and moon playing peekaboo
Apr. 28th, 2013 12:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sepdetI really really REALLY wish I had a camera I could clamp onto a good telephoto lens AND tripod, or else a camera that fit my ancient backyard scope.
Holding a point-and-shoot camera against the scope's eyepiece and trying not to breathe yielded these:
(Contrast boosted on most of them to try and make it more visible)
It seemed awfully dim after the first bright snap (top left).
Then I looked at the nearly full moon, and even it seemed awfully dim:
What was going on? Oh, right. Clouds. This is what I saw when I stopped trying to leave the shutter open long enough to collect a little light:
I'll have to try Saturn again on another night. Still can't expect much without the right equipment, but it's at a really good angle right now to catch the sun on the rings.
Holding a point-and-shoot camera against the scope's eyepiece and trying not to breathe yielded these:
(Contrast boosted on most of them to try and make it more visible)
It seemed awfully dim after the first bright snap (top left).
Then I looked at the nearly full moon, and even it seemed awfully dim:
What was going on? Oh, right. Clouds. This is what I saw when I stopped trying to leave the shutter open long enough to collect a little light:
I'll have to try Saturn again on another night. Still can't expect much without the right equipment, but it's at a really good angle right now to catch the sun on the rings.
