Derby and District Astronomical Society

The Moon - 8 days old

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The following two images of the Moon were taken by Chris Newsome on the 26th September 2009 through the Society's 10" Newtonian reflector at the Flamsteed Observatory. Chris used an LPI camera and the top and lower images are comprised of 16 and 72 frames respectively.

Dave Maynard took this picture of the the Moon through the Society's Meade LX-90 telescope using a hand-held Nikon Coolpix digital camera and eyepiece projection (scroll down and right to see whole image). The picture was taken on Friday 3rd April 2009 while the LX-90 was set up in the back garden of The Friend's Meeting House in Derby during our main meeting and Spring Moonwatch. Click here for more pictures of the meeting.

Here is a photo of the Moon captured through the Society's 8" Meade LX-90 telescope by Chris Newsome during an observing session in Allestree Park, Derby on Saturday, 16th April 2005. Despite poor seeing conditions and scudding clouds the LX-90 in combination with a Meade LPI camera is still able to produce an image of this quality. Chris stacked 60 frames in Registax v3 and adjusted in Photoshop.

The following two images of the Moon were taken by Chris Newsome on the 19th December 2004 through his ETX-105 using a Meade LPI camera. Further information is provided on the pictures.

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