Hi, this is my very first astro picture. Not great quality but Im happy enough with it.



Taken with a 3 (700mm x 76mm) inch Newtonian reflector with a 20mm eyepiece and a nokia e63 camera phone.

I can't open the image for some reason!

sorry, here it is!

Irish. Hey, I can see footprints on the moon!....touch of the Blarney there. . Congrats on your first astrophoto. Years ago Dennis DiCicco at Hanover High School took a big interest in astrophotos...and is now tech wizard for Sky & Tel, you never know. pete

see:http://www.skyandtelescope.com/about...o/3305176.html

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I can't open either of your links, either, irish. But that could be my browser, which tries to play a bit dumb, now and again...just to test my patience.

Pete, yes I do remember reading quite a bit about his (DiCicco's) eclipse chases and the gorgeous analemmas. A few years ago.
Great accomplishments. Exemplary and inspiring stuff. Thanks for sharing.

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Mak: Pass the pepperoni please.
Fazor: "Hail, Bautainia! We pledge our hearts to thee! Science and woo, some babbling too, and astron-oh-meee!"
slang: And it made ash out of yew and tree.

mahesh. You're welcome. He graduated just before I taught there, but I met him a few times at the local astro club. pete

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A second rate theory explains after the fact.
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Except for being in color and digital it is very similar to my first astrophoto back in 1955 taken by holding the camera up to the eyepiece of my 60mm f/15 refractor. I wonder how things will change in the next 50 years?

Mahesh, its time to download Firefox and see these images.

Rick

Yes Sir, we use Firefox at home. Unfortunately, I'm not at home, just now.
I'll be, in a few days...so will catch up on lots of stuff...

This one uses dial up, as well, I suspect.

I'll suggest Firefox to these guys here. I don't have access/authority to change settings for them.

I'm looking forward to seeing your goodies irish.

Oh, this morning, about eleven am, I was waiting for a bus...the Moon was so lovely, high,
just past the last quarter...playing 'hide 'n seek' amongst the rushing, thin clouds. Wished I had had binocs with me... having missed the Europa/Io transit/eclipse, earlier on.

Did any of you folk catch Centaur's ?
Europa Annularly Transits Eclipsed Io – Oct 11/12

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If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. CARL SAGAN

Mak: Pass the pepperoni please.
Fazor: "Hail, Bautainia! We pledge our hearts to thee! Science and woo, some babbling too, and astron-oh-meee!"
slang: And it made ash out of yew and tree.

Nice pic Irish. It's surprising how well the pictures turn out just by holding a digital camera up to the eyepiece of a telescope.

nice work! Keep the pictures coming

I have seen your first picture, now. Excellent stuff, irish.

Thanks for sharing. Do we get to see some more?

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clear skies

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. CARL SAGAN

Mak: Pass the pepperoni please.
Fazor: "Hail, Bautainia! We pledge our hearts to thee! Science and woo, some babbling too, and astron-oh-meee!"
slang: And it made ash out of yew and tree.