Moon Crater Close Up
  • Details
    Date Taken: 07/20/2012
    Location: Fremont Peak, CA
    Telescope: 8" Schmidt Cassegrain
    Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G
    Camera: iPhone 4
    Processing: Photoshop Elements 10
    Exposure: Single exposure, 1/15 sec
    Other Equipment Used: Orion SteadyPix Universal Smartphone Photo Adapter, UltraScopic 15mm eyepiece, Orion High-Power 5x 4-Element Barlow, 1.25" Diagonal, Orion Variable Polarizing Filter
    Notes:

    iPhone was held up to the eyepiece with the SteadyPix Universal Photo Adapter for Smartphones. This crater was on the terminator, so the high walls of it and the adjacent mountains cast shadows, enhancing the relief. Magnification was >600x!


  • Photographer
    Orion Image