Chaotic Astronomy » craters http://chaoticastronomy.com Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:43:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Up Close Footage of the Moon 9/8/08 – Nexstar 8 Telescope http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/up-close-footage-of-the-moon-9808-nexstar-8-telescope http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/up-close-footage-of-the-moon-9808-nexstar-8-telescope#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:21:18 +0000 admin http://chaoticastronomy.com/telescopes/up-close-footage-of-the-moon-9808-nexstar-8-telescope How often do you get to see the moon this close up?? This is some footage I got last night, 9/8/08 of the moon. My Nexstar 8 telescope was magnifying the moon 120x, allowing the craters of the Northeastern and southeastern quadrants of the moon to be seen in detail. There was a cloud in front of the moon, however, I was still able to get some good shots.

Some sections of the video are actually more than 120X, since I also used the zoom on the camera. Knowing that, there may have been segments of the video where the moon was around 200-250X (~2X zoom on camera).

Sorry for the shakiness, but the mechanism for moving the telescope has a small amount of vibration and it’s difficult to use a digital camera in this way. Hope you enjoy!

Please let me know what you think and leave a comment or question under Video Comments! Also Rate the video if you enjoyed it!

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