Up Close Footage of the Moon 9/8/08 - RobH0629

How often do you get to see the moon this close up?? This is some footage I got last night, 9/8/08 of the moon. My Nexstar 8 telescope was magnifying the moon 120x, allowing the craters of the Northeastern and southeastern quadrants of the moon to be seen in detail. There was a cloud in front of the moon, however, I was still able to get some good shots.

Some sections of the video are actually more than 120X, since I also used the zoom on the camera. Knowing that, there may have been segments of the video where the moon was around 200-250X (~2X zoom on camera).

Sorry for the shakiness, but the mechanism for moving the telescope has a small amount of vibration and it's difficult to use a digital camera in this way. Hope you enjoy!

Please let me know what you think and leave a comment or question under Video Comments! Also Rate the video if you enjoyed it!

Thanks for watching

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[lSchwaggl]

you should try the sun next time

[RobH0629]

@lSchwaggl Well you actually can see an image of the sun through the telescope... but you wouldn't want to put your eye on the lens or you'd probably go blind. Instead you can use a piece of poster board or such to project the image from the lens so you can see the sun. Either that or use some filters so you don't destroy your retinas :-)

[hellchaser11]

where are the aliens?

[SambaIsDead]

Could you show us other stuff as well?

[MoModerz]

THats Sweet Man'



[THEC12ify]

its nice to see the moon sometimes :)

[GRnicholas2000]

amazing!!

[zxxZepicawsomeZxxz]

do mars we might get to see some aliens

[gianobierna]

Its 2012, Already, Y U NO take Colored pictures of the Moon?

[psychogirl2006]

OMG, i already thought i recognized this voice.....tnx to you i can do the cube in 6 min instead of 8 hours.nice vid again btw....tnx for everything.I wrote down your algorythms and share them with the guys on HP desk Ireland.tnx a million!!!!

[lalablablaification]

@619123ish I put it on my sandwich.

[619123ish]

Wheres the Swiss Cheese ?

[iBugsBunny]

@RobH0629 rob i agree but u will need a solar lens