Below are photos of Lunar surface taken through the Celestron CG-11 scope. The photos were taken using the afocal method, the camera was an Olympus C3030 zoom (digital camera, images taken at 2048x1536 pixels). The scope had a Tele Vue 24mm Brandon eyepiece and a Daken 2.4x barlow in line (magnification = 280x). The camera's optical zoom was also set to maximum. The camera was mounted to the scope using a homebrew mount; the camera's remote control was used to trigger the shutter. These two photos are the best of about a dozen taken; the Moon was rather low in the sky and I was shooting through tree branches. These shots are my first of the lunar surface using the digital camera. With perfromance like this, I don't even plan to bother with the Meade Pictor 216XT CCD camera. Images processed using PhotoShop. Photos taken 12 January 2001.
Lunar surface through the CG-11 scope using Afocal method as described above.
Lunar surface through the CG-11 scope using Afocal method as described above.