Out of this world

With feet firmly on the ground I wondered if a small webcam could be attached to my old and little used telescope.

Last night I was able to get a couple of reasonable images of the moon, though it was impossible to get anything other than a small blurry blob when focusing at Mars – and those images were quickly discarded.

The Moon - out of this world The Moon - out of this world

I have no particular desire to travel to the moon, I am not particular fan of green cheese and I think a trip to Chedder, Lancashire, Cheshire, Gloucester, Leicester, Emmental, Gouda, or even Edam, might be more fruitful cheeseful.

This entry was written by Christopher, posted on 16 February 08 at 10:30 am, filed under Places. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

3 Comments

  1. Rupert
    Posted 16 February 08 at 7:15 pm | Permalink

    Great images especially when you captured it with a webcam. Might you try with a different digital device such as a phonecam or digital SLR?

  2. Christopher
    Posted 17 February 08 at 11:59 am | Permalink

    The webcam just happens to be the same diameter as the telescope eyepiece so it was relatively easy to set up, though I now want to try it with a lowlight CCTV camera to see if I can snap the planets.
    A further test could be the lunar eclipse on the 20th February – though at 3am I might not be that dedicated.

  3. Rupert
    Posted 19 February 08 at 11:37 pm | Permalink

    How about capturing moving images such as meteorites or Uncle Sam rockets chasing spy satellites?

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