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Re: [Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images
« Reply #1050 on: June 03, 2023, 02:29:10 »
Thanks Colin. If I am not mistaken, Birna has a 1200mm f/11. But this was about the fun of it, testing my equipment.
I do not think I will go all in with equipment I do not even have at hand. As you see, I am already outresolved by Nasos, and that's just fine.

Thanks to you too, Nasos. Putting more pixels on the moon give more details, as you certainly have shown here. Pretty hefty setup you have there, and you use it to good results.
And of course, you are right that the TC-E 1.4x and 1.7x can not be combined.
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« Reply #1051 on: June 03, 2023, 08:15:19 »
Excellent result, Nasos! I really like the tones you got and some color nuances subtly showing the geology. I usually find that a saturation boost is needed to show those tones.

That TC modification is the first I do when I get a new TC.  ;D . And yes, only the TC-20E variants have a throat that will accept the protruding front element of the TC-14E variants. I once also tried to include the 2x TC-301 in the stack (required temporarily removing the baffle) but results degraded too much - the aperture becomes so small that diffraction becomes a problem, and it only worked with my AF300 f/4 ED.

Images I have seen of the Z-converters could look like they are not stackable? The 1.4 seems to have an even more protruding front element.

The tracker is not for preventing blurring from the movement of the moon (except during lunar eclipses), the moon is too bright and the movement too slow for that to be a problem. But when exposing a video or multiple images for stacking, it takes so long time that at high magnification, the target will soon be out of the frame before adequate number of frames have been recorded.
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Re: [Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images
« Reply #1052 on: November 04, 2023, 08:53:07 »
Last full moon that appeared considerably larger than normal, I could not resist a stack of the Tycho crater region while waiting for Jupiter to get in position. Light is on the boring flat side at full moons, but seeing at the moment was worth a capture. I can usually fit half of a moon within the frame with my new standard setup (last page), but not so this time. (Larger version may be possible if image is opened in new tab.)
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Re: [Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images
« Reply #1053 on: November 04, 2023, 15:38:02 »
Very detailed photo Oivid, well done!

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« Reply #1054 on: November 05, 2023, 10:51:33 »

Thanks, Nasos - always fun to see how much 300PF can resolve with a little "magic".  :)
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Re: [Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images
« Reply #1055 on: January 20, 2024, 07:19:53 »
Visible moon during the day

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Re: [Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images
« Reply #1056 on: February 29, 2024, 21:25:00 »
Just before the moon set behind the mountain:

Månen over Døldebergi by Asle Feten, on Flickr
There is no illusion, it just looks that way.

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Re: [Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images
« Reply #1057 on: February 29, 2024, 22:11:44 »
Very well timed, Asle !
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Re: [Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images
« Reply #1058 on: February 29, 2024, 23:05:09 »
"The eye is blind if the mind is absent." - Confucius

"Limitation is inspiration." - Akira

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Re: [Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images
« Reply #1059 on: March 04, 2024, 19:16:53 »
Just before the moon set behind the mountain:


That's really atmospheric Astle!
Lovely result

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Re: [Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images
« Reply #1060 on: March 06, 2024, 15:50:13 »
Thanks. Glad you like it.
There is no illusion, it just looks that way.