The Moon

Moon photos with a variety of equipment

Crescent Moon
Taken by my wife Eleanor Andújar with her telescope.

Orion ST-80 refractor, CoolPix 4300, Scopetronix 25 mm

Crescent Moon
Taken by my wife Eleanor Andújar with her telescope.

Orion ST-80 refractor, CoolPix 4300, Scopetronix 25 mm

Full Moon

Stellarvue 80mm, Nikon Coolpix 885, Scopetronix 15 mm

Waxing Gibbous Moon

Stellarvue 80mm refractor, CoolPix 4300, Scopetronix 25 mm

Full Moon 12/12/08
The largest Moon in several years, about 2% larger than previous year

Pentax K100D, Tamron Zoom at 300mm with Doubler

Waning Moon
Taken by my wife Eleanor Andújar with her NIKON CoolPIX 950

Celestron 4.5 in Newtonian, 40mm Scopetronix EP

Gibbous Waxing Moon
Taken by my wife Eleanor Andújar with her NIKON CoolPIX 950.

Orion ST-80, Scopetronix 25mm EP

Waxing Moon

Stellarvue 80mm refractor, 2x Barlow, Pentax K100D DSLR

Moon Craters
Taken by my wife Eleanor Andújar with her NIKON CoolPIX 950.

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT

Moon using film camera
Early shot when I started out.

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with 18 mm EYEPIECE PROJECTION 2 sec

Moon using camera showing Bullialdus, Cichus, Wilhelm, Longomontanus
Later shot when I used a moon filter.

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with 18 mm EYEPIECE PROJECTION 5 sec

Moon using CCD showing Anaxagoas, Timaeus, Plato, Montes Alpes, Cassini

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with Connectix ColorCam/P>

Moon using CCD showing Rienhold, Carpathian Mtns, Copernicus, Eratosthenes

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with Connectix ColorCam

Moon using CCD showing Cavendish, Mersenius,Gassendi, Mare Humorum, Vitello

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with Connectix ColorCam

Moon using CCD showing Moretus, Clavius, Maginus, Longomontanus

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with Connectix ColorCam

Moon using CCD showing Purbach, Thebit, Arzachel, Alpetragius, Alphonsus, Ptolemaeus, Albategnius, Herschel

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with Connectix ColorCam

Moon using CCD showing Walter, Miller, Stofler, Faraday, Lilius, a few others

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with Connectix ColorCam

Moon using CCD showing Philolaus, Fontenelle, Plato

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with Connectix ColorCam

Moon using CCD showing Mairan, Sharp, Sinus Iridum, Harpalus, Bianchini. Mosaic of two shots

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with Connectix ColorCam

Moon using CCD showing Cavendish, Mersenius, Gassendi

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with Connectix ColorCam

Moon using CCD showing Aristoteles, Endoxus, Caucasus Mtns, Cassini, Aristillus, Autolycus, Archimedes, Apennines Mtns, Eratosthenes. Mosaic of three shots taken with the sun shining.

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with Connectix ColorCam

Half Moon Terminator
Mosaic of four shots of a straight terminator line.

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT with 18 mm EYEPIECE PROJECTION 5 sec

Moon Craters

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT,Barlow, SBIG ST-7E, .11 sec

Moon Craters

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT, 2x Barlow, SBIG ST-7E

Moon Craters

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT, 2x Barlow, SBIG ST-7E

Moon Terminator at f/10
Mosaic of four images

Meade 2080 8 in f/10 SCT, SBIG ST-7E

Moon Terminator at f/6.3
Mosaic of three images

Meade 2080 8 in SCT, f/6.3 Reducer, SBIG ST-7E

Eclipse of the Moon