Zooties cosmic pictures

[jules]

Cropping seemed the way to go somehow. And I see you caught 2 moons Alexandre!!

[GwydionM]

Have you tried Flikr ?  More than 11,000 photographs on the 'astrophotography' tag.  I posted some galaxies from the 'zoo': I've no pictures of my own apart from some of an eclipse that I will be posting later.

A basic account costs nothing, and pictures are never deleted.

[AlexandredOr]

Cropping seemed the way to go somehow. And I see you caught 2 moons Alexandre!!

Really a great thank you ! I saw the 2 moons and I think that the black point is the shadow of a third one.
 

[jules]

Have you tried Flikr ?  More than 11,000 photographs on the 'astrophotography' tag.  I posted some galaxies from the 'zoo': I've no pictures of my own apart from some of an eclipse that I will be posting later.

A basic account costs nothing, and pictures are never deleted.

I also have a Flikr account and highly recommend the site. I find it contains fewer obtrusive adverts than some other photo sharing sites. Just my opinion though!

[Blackprojects]

Just adding this one so it Whont get lost amongst
all the Tea Holding Chat up that is.

[EdV]

Here's some pictures of the moon that I played with on the PC (wallpaper size)

[Blackprojects]

Thats a Huge Image EDV.

Methinks ile stick with smaller sizes although i have the Full Ress  images on the Hard drive at 10 Megga pixel Size!

[Alice]

Wonderful pictures - thanks!

Did you say in chat that the blue and green bits are the real colour we don't see because we're blinded by the Moon's glare? Why is the Moon's surface partly green and blue?

[jules]

Atmospheric pylon courtesy of the National Grid...
It's basically a cheat! A composite of 3 photos taken at 12.45 on the morning of June 21 last year. Details for the interested are:
1. Main photo 0.8 seconds at f4
2. Moon 1/160th at f5.6
3. Jupiter and moons 1.3seconds at f5.6
All ISO 1600
4. Stitched and tweaked in Photoshop.

Jupiter's main moons are visible left to right - Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto.

[jules]

Wonderful pictures - thanks!

Did you say in chat that the blue and green bits are the real colour we don't see because we're blinded by the Moon's glare? Why is the Moon's surface partly green and blue?

APOD explains!

[Alice]

WONDERFUL picture Jules, and thanks for the APOD link too! Titanium and iron huh? Something new every day!

[Blackprojects]

Yes Alice as the APOD link by Jules says the Moon is made from Interesting stuff but the Glare is so Bright the Eye just can not normaly see the Subtle Shading of Colours!

[Alice]

So true! It often looks a bit blue but you never know if that's it or the effects of our own atmosphere or what.

[waveney]

Did you say in chat that the blue and green bits are the real colour we don't see because we're blinded by the Moon's glare? Why is the Moon's surface partly green and blue?

Its the cheese.   

[Blackprojects]

If the Sky is Clear enough later on I will Snap a few more of the next Phase of the Moon ans see if i can get as great a result as last Nights amazing Photo!

If I can get upearly enough i may even try and Snap Saturn but with the Rings Edge on it will not be a very Special Image.