>>9099 You usually find the Moon in the sky! ;D
But this pic is hard to take! Costs billions! ;D

okay okay, I had to post mine. I couldn't find the moon so I snapped this thing

Moon shot with the digital!
Now I wish I had a camera mount for the telescope! This is close to the time (maybe a little late) to find that crater with the mounatin in the center at the terminator line!

great pics and very interesting topic. please post more! :)

>>9078 They also have a CCD camera for the Meade, but it's not cheap! You can also plug it into your PC and control all movement from there, but I need about 400 feet of interface cord! :D
It would be cool to do all that from inside the house! :)

>>9078 We typed in at almost the same time! :D
I have an old one of that model too! Got it at a yard sale in the 90's!
Both telescopes are good, but I wish thay had sturdier tripods!

>>9074 I've heard that! But you would think it would effect other "weak" spots in the tectonic plates, so I'm not sure if I believe that!
You would also think that we would have more volcanic eruptions from the friction to the interior of the Earth caused by extra tugging from the Moon!

>>9069 I was looking at a telescope just like that on eBay for fairly sensible money. Very tempting. :D
My Telescope is an old version of this one
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Tasco+-+Luminova+60mm+Altazimuth+Refractor+Telescope/9125127.p?id=1218028867407&skuId=9125127

>>9074 Yes the moon was recently at it's closest to earth. Nothing to do with Japan though, just the natural oscillation of it's orbit :)

Great pics JC :)
I believe the moon is at its closest to the earth for a very long time and has a lot to do with the earthquake in Japan. Anyone know if this is true?

>>9067 Fantastic! That's what I saw last night! ;)
My favorite time to observe the Moon is right at half! There is a crater right in the center, on the teminator line! In that crater is a mountain in the center! You can see the tip of the mountain top lit up by the sun! (it will be a dot) Look over at the bright sun-lit inside wall of the crater! You will see the shadow of the mountain on that wall! You can make out a little of the shape of the mountains' shadow! :D
This can be seen only at half Moon! Kind of exciting really! ! :D
My telescope is a Meade # DS-114 D=114mm F=910 f/8
It's a reflecting telescope on Alt-Az mount equipped with motor drives and goto computer system. Comes with three eyepieces (Huygien .969) at 4mm, 12.5mm, and 25mm. It also includes a 3x Barlow and charting software!

Ok, here's a night time shot. Unfortunately the telescope tripod can't cope with the weight of the camera so I was very limited in the length of the exposure I could take. I'll try it again another night with a better setup :)

I took it this afternoon while the sun was still up :D
Now it's dark I'm going to try and get another shot

Did you take this last night?! I was looking at the Moon just last night, and it was just a little less illuminated than this! :)