Your picture of the day...

[Keith_Beef]

This was from last night, it was the clearest night looking through the telescope that I have seen so far. There was almost no noticeable atmosphere turbulence. The amount of detail I could see in the moon was mind blowing. This photo was me holding my old smart phone up to the eyepiece. It was even better looking through the eyepiece.

Those two bigger craters you can see, with centre peaks, the ones above and below the monkey face looking craters, I think the one above is named Petavius and is about 180km in diameter, and the one below I think is named Langrenus and is 132km in diameter.

Cracking picture!

Do you have a dedicated astro camera, or do you fit a general purpose camera to your telescope?

 

[Tengu]

When you see all those craters it makes you think how lucky we are to have a moon to catch these things.

 

[Dan00001]

Cracking picture!

Do you have a dedicated astro camera, or do you fit a general purpose camera to your telescope?

That last photo was literally me holding my phone up to the lens. Some of the other photos were with a dslr and t-adaptor. Would love a dedicated astrophotography camera.

 

[Dan00001]

When you see all those craters it makes you think how lucky we are to have a moon to catch these things.

'Tycho' is an interesting crater. It's relatively young at only 108 million years old, and you can still see the marks on the moon from where the material was ejected outwards from the impact, something that has weathered away on most others. Amazing if you think about it.

 

[slingback]

took a snowy drive on the estate tracks today.

 

[Keith_Beef]

Went out for a walk this afternoon.

 

[Nice65]

Turned out nice again, looks like a Montana ranch

 

[bearbait]

A Hare, methinks, stopped for a moment to look at the view:




And for scale, here's my size 11 boot:

 

[Pupers]

Clovelly, Devon today.

 

[Woody girl]

First snowdrops of the year.

 

[Herman30]

 

[Woody girl]

Hazel catkins and my little Robin friend who waits for his mealworm treat each day as I walk past his patch.

 

[Herman30]

 

[Woody girl]

We have budding new tree life today.

 

[William_Montgomery]

Dreich and dreary on the marshes.

 

[William_Montgomery]

Schism

 

[Myster]

Urban jungle.....

 

[Myster]

Loki at the top of Walla Crag:

 

[Myster]

And obviously guarding the bacon

 

[Myster]

Another Loki picture, this time at the top of Barrow Fell: