Good session. I explore and name a large number of craters and seas on the western side of the moon. Very colorful! BTW - lots of UFOs tonight!!!
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The shadowline was just right to bring out detail of a controversial "natural" bridge at the mouth of the Ferret (Mare Crisium). You can clearly see that this was at one time a bridge of some kind...
Great session! I got a good look at peculiar lights in the Sea of Tranquility. Did a full survey with Barlow lens. Got another shot at Aristarchus and also the Guts of Reiner Gamma.
I was able to get some very good shots of Aristarchus Crater and the lava river. I did a good survey of the moon which was not quite full. I put in the 2.5x Barlow for Aristarchus. I was a littl...
It has been a stormy winter and finally I get a shot at the moon. A bit windy but all things considered I get great shots of the "rocket ship" and the "Sea Of Showers"...
This is a side by side test series on the Logitech C920 and C910 cameras. I start out with the C920 then do a segment with the C910 and end up with the C920. Three separate segments meant that I ...
This is the first test of the new Logitech C920 web camera. I usually use a C910 - a 10 megapixel camera for my moon adventures. This C920 is a 20 megapixel camera. I am interested in seeing how...
It was a pretty clear night and I got a great shot at Eratosthenes crater at the base of the Alps on the moon. I also showed where the Apollo 15 landed and as well Luna 2 - the first spacecraft ev...
I show you exactly where the Apollo 11 moon landing took place in the Sea of Tranquility. I also read to you the transcript of Neil Armstrong when he saw the spaceships on the moon. I am still tr...
My main computer died a honorable death and I finally got a new super fast computer working with my telescope. This session was very interesting in that I was able to revisit what I call a Snake ...
The shadow line was near Copernicus crater and I got to see quite a bit of surface detail around the rim of the crater. You could the ridges of the mountain around the crater rim. The peaks of th...
I show you my telescope and lenses in these videos - Here is a list of specific videos that show my setup...
The basic setup now use is a Celestron Nexstar 8SE telescope - Logitech C910 camera - TeleVue Panoptic 19.0 mm eyepiece - TeleVue 2.5x Powermate 1.25 inch Barlow - Vixen Flip Mirror Diagonal - Zhumell SCT Dual Speed Telescope Focuser - motor controller and adapters for remote telescope focuser ...
Note that I have two focusers on my telescope and BOTH are motorized with JMI focuser kits. My primary focuser is the one that came with the telescope. I use the Zhumell as a permanent 2 inch extender adapter for my camera mounts.
I encourage you to explore my videos and my website www.billbryson-astronomer.com. My website has a lot of slideshows of my photos taken from my videos.
Also NOTE that my YouTube videos are best watched at 1080p full screen. When I started out I was just using 720p but later I ended up with 1080p 20fps. Also note that I do the moon in full color... The ONLY camera that currently works is the Logitech C910... I designed a camera mount with the help of my friend Mike and we had it made up at a machine shop. This item is NOT available for sale. The mount could easily be made with LEGO bricks...