Saturday 4 February 2012

Astro-Photography!

Having looked at the moon (obviously) I decided to give astrophotography a go.

Not as easy as it seems.

First I tried my 12MP digital camera as that would probably get me the highest resolution pictures. No dice. The camera has a wide field of view, so all I see in the viewfinder is a very blurry moon which is a small white fuzzy blob surrounded by a black circle which is the inside of the eyepiece/lens. Bah!

Mobile phone to the rescue! These photos were taken by holding my phone (Sony Xperia PLAY) to the eyepiece and trying not to breathe for fear of moving it. Either way. I'm damn proud of my first attempts!



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