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Old 06-March-2007, 08:46 PM
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Photo taken with a Meade 5" refractor, Miranda Sensorex SLR, Fuji 800 asa film, 1/500 of a second at f9.3 (prime focus)

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Photo taken with a Meade 5" refractor, Miranda Sensorex SLR, Fuji 800 asa film, 1/500 of a second at f9.3 (prime focus)
Nice and sharp! Looks like your white balance was off though, or I'm just taking bad pictures

Possibly do a Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, and Auto Color in Photoshop
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Hi Michael - what a great image! I have to admit, it takes guts to shoot film images today. You don't have the "option" of saying, "Oops, that didn't work; let me try a different camera setting." At least, not until you get your prints back and find out something went wrong.

I think we probably have the same refractor, and that's a good image for an achromat. I've been very pleased with what I've seen and imaged through mine so far. I know it's not a Takahashi TOA-130, but maybe someday I'll have one of those.

Are you located near the Mt. Washington Cog Railway by any chance? My wife and I took that train when we vacationed in New Hampshire in October 1997. What a fun trip that was!

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Yes I live near Mt. Washington. In North Conway. I've been happy with my Meade so far. I've always shoot film. I used to use B&W so I could process it right away. We have a Pro lab here in town and they do a grate job of processing right away. One day I'll purchase a nice Nikon digital. Check Out my website, Mount Washinton Valley Astronomy. I'll be in Aruba for the next ten days. Hope to see some of the southern stars.
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Nice and sharp! Looks like your white balance was off though, or I'm just taking bad pictures

Possibly do a Auto Levels, Auto Contrast, and Auto Color in Photoshop

BLUE IS GOOD: At first glance, the Moon seems thoroughly gray, but astronomers have long known that lunar terrain is full of subtle color. Consider this picture of last week's full Moon taken by Shahriar Davoodian of Tehran, Iran:

Photo details: Canon EOS 30D, ISO 200, 1/1000 exposure
"I did not use any filter," says Davoodian. He didn't need one; the colors are naturally present and only need a bit of boosting with Photoshop to see. The method is described here.
What do the colors mean? Blue denotes areas rich in titanium, while orange is titanium poor. The titanium-rich zones are particularly interesting to NASA. Most lunar titanium is bound to oxygen; the common lunar mineral ilmenite, for instance, is rich in titanium oxides. This oxygen may be easily extracted, providing future explorers a source of air to breath and oxidizer for rocket engines. Blue is good!
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Hi Mtmannh

YES the Moon is FULL of subtle colors. One only needs to know how to bring them to life. Our friend Shahriar Davoodian and a few others have mastered the technique of bringing the Moons colors to the surface for all to see.

Autoclub said he and his wife went on a vacation there, As I was growing up family spent alot of vacations in Maine, Newhampshire and Nova Scotia. Great times All. Keep up the great work Later Paul
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Very Fine shot, Very crisp lots of details and nice colors. Clear Skies
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