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First Quarter Moon
I'm 64 years old now. I fell in love with a little 2 1/2" reflector when I was 11 and started exploring the heavens. Pop had an old Polaroid camera with ISO 160 film in it. I found that if I kept my astro shots at under 60 seconds I would have trail free photos. My first experience at astrophotography. I have been a customer of Orion since Tim Giesler founded Orion. I used to do business with Tim when he operated Giesler Electronics. I have owned just about every Orion telescope marketed from compact refractors, MAKs, reflectors and SCTs. Accessories over the years run into the 100s. I currently have a new 203mm f:5 reflector as well as an 'on the way' 120 ST f:5 refractor. Reviews are great on both. I may do some piggyback DSLR photography with either. I enjoy another year of admiring photographs displayed here and look forward to using my latest Orion equipment.
Details
Date Taken: 06/26/2004
Photographer: Bob Curtiss
Location: Bremerton, WA
Camera: Orion Apex 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope
Other Camera: Sony 2.1 mp point and shoot camera
Processing: Photoshop
Exposure: 1/60th second
Notes: Not certain of the exact date but I took my new Orion 127 Starmax outside, let it reach ambient temperature and hand-held the little Sony PNS over the eyepiece. There was minimal Photoshopping done to this image and it enlarges nicely to 8"x10".

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