Live video of the moon showing field rotation and the moon's exact position in the sky! 10-2-11 Summary on page 4!!

Thanks for sharing with us all.

AC 1126656 .... Another 'attack dog' sent out to draw off the annoying poster ? Looks like your just another A-hole buddy, lol !

He NEVER answers the question that is beyond his ability to handle. Just " Go here; look at this" ( his OWN PHOTOS, OUT OF FOCUS, LOL ! ).

SO, the clown has jesters in his court. OR, did your wife cut you off, so you have nothing else to do/porn site down ? Poor baby !

My first picture (it was over-exposed, deliberately so that it could astrometrically solved, not out of focus) shows the astrometric solution of an image that was taken in altitude-azimuth and was therefore subject to field rotation; you have to look at it in its solved orientation to see the true orientation of saturn in the image. Hence the second picture. I am aware of the GLP scope picture, which was taken before I polar aligned the telescope and with an unknown camera orientation, and without stars in the image it is impossible to determine the true orientation of the image. That is why only the one I presented is useful for the purpose of determining the rings true orientation.

I answered your question:
[link to www.godlikeproductions.com]
And in answering it I disproved your claim.

@Astromut,

Field Rotation,Schmield Rotation Pfff! You know very well the Moon has been flipped by some unknown celestial body, how dare you! Just kidding =0)

I actually have a Celestron Scope with a wedge and I can count the nose hairs on the moon. I do however have some weird problems with the CCD, the quality doesn't look that great. It's the NexImage by Celestron... did I purchase a crappy CCD you think?

Through my various eye-pieces I can easily make out Saturns rings as well but the CCD produces much lower quality than what I view through the eye-piece.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Suck annoying thing is a stalker....
Jeeezz.

Lets us enjoy the thread please!

Nice man! How about some jupiter later tonight if you have clear skies?

Hmm, I haven't tried the neximage myself, but I was of the belief that it was the celestron equivalent to the meade LPI. I use the LPI as a viewfinder scope camera/guider, but I had previously used it to take some pics of saturn, the moon, etc (some of the early pics in my photostream are LPI [link to www.flickr.com] ).

Have you tried it with a good barlow lens? Generally I find mine works best at f/20 for most planetary imaging situations. It's not a high end imager, but it should be possible to coax some decent pictures out of it.

Not in the cards for tonight unfortunately; the spot I set up in for the evening has very poor visibility to the east. We'll definitely do some higher magnification lunar observation though.

Thanks Astro...

Woah, I think I just saw a satellite transit the moon. Might have been a bird though, I'll have to look at the recording later. Marking the timepoint with this post.

No I have not, I do have several barlow lens up to 3x... if I get some clear skies tonight I'll give it a go. I can probably catch Jupiter about 9PM CST, it will be just above the horizon from my location.

Gotta run, dinner time.

Thanks Nut,
I've missed your moon streams.

Trinity got us all hyped up with his moon
dome, which has been a dudd so far!!!
Trin get your shit together.

What is your purpose? What are you trying to prove?
Get lost douchebag!!

Alright, I've got enough footage now showing the field rotation portion. At the start of the broadcast, with the edge of the moon up against the right edge of the view, the bottom tip of the moon was in about the center of the frame. Now with the edge of the moon against the right edge of the frame, the tip of the moon is at about the corner of the frame.

I'll switch to a high magnification view to allow you guys to take a closer look at the craters while I munch on some food, then I'll take down the broadcast for a bit and polar align the scope, then restart the broadcast and put it back on the moon.

That's pretty badass man! Sure wish I could afford a lx200!! Where are all the moon base's?

*munch, munch, munch*

Peh, forget the moon bases, I want to know where the orion slave girls are at!

Alright, shutting down the broadcast in order to polar align the telescope. I'll post again when it's back up.

ITS OFF AIR

Nice thread Nut! I recently got a LX 10. Mine is not a go to but the moon is easy enough to find. I will someday own a goto scope but am forcing myself to learn the old fashion ways first.

Kewl indeed.
What's in the Top left crater at 2:00???

Looks like some white object like a castle....hmm

Thanks, Astro!

Pretty pics!

it returns...

Back up and running. This is what the moon looks like from a polar aligned perspective. Now the angle of the moon's apparent tilt will not change over time.

I noticed that as well. Kudos and thanks for the info.

Here's the link to the stream again:
[link to www.ustream.tv]

It's always good to learn how to star hop first. It's a very useful skill, it really teaches you how to recognize star patterns and read charts, which is always handy even when you do have a GOTO scope. The LX10 is a true classic. Later on you can re-use the OTA (optical tube assembly) and just buy a GOTO mount when you're ready.

Last Edited by Astromut on 10/02/2011 09:41 PM

I think I saw a bird or something transit the moon again, marking this timepoint.

That was definitely a bird or a bat just now. The moon is starting to get a little low, increasing the chance of animal flyovers. Before it sets, I'll shut off the tracking and note the time, then allow stars to streak through for astrometric position determination later. Then I'll re-engage the tracking and we'll go look at something else before wrapping it up for the night. Note the moon's orientation is still the same.

Funny, how you posted this tonite, I was looking at the moon with very high powered binoculars, this afternoon b/f sundown and actually saw the craters!!!

It was a beautiful sight!!!