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[werdna]

Got another new lens today.
Tried out some moon shots...


Bit closer


And my first ever attempt at a planet, try to guess which one
Not the best photo, but I am still learning


Cheers

Andrew

[scottyhooton]

Wtf man , that must be some lense !!! Is that Saturn

[werdna]

Yep. Saturn it is

[Bowdy]

Geeeeeeees that's crazy

[sandgroper]

Nice shots Andy, see if you can get a shot of the space station. Should be able to see the astronauts looking out the window waving with that lens.

[Global]

Wow those moon shots have so much detail, what lens did you use for this?

[werdna]

1200mm f/6
Its heavy, weighs 19 kg

[Riggers]

Ahh nature at its deadliest! Nice spider shots Andrew

[Cam85]

dem pics are off da hook cuzz

[kevy73]

1200mm f/6
Its heavy, weighs 19 kg

Holy crap... what brand?

What camera body do you have?

[werdna]

Ha, oops, got those figures wrong,
It is a 1500mm f/5.

Edit: Oh, and Nikon D90

[werdna]

Goal of tonight is to get Mars... watch this space!

For those playing at home, Saturn is quite visible in the sky ATM
If you face N and look quite high in the sky you can see two bright stars almost vertical.
The top one is Spica, which makes up Virgos left hand, and the bottom one is Saturn, which is her upper left thigh.
I am not into Astrology, so I dont know what Saturn being in Virgos leg means!

Then, from Saturn, almost directly left, about 5x the distance of Spica is another bright star, that is Mars, directly behind Virgo's head. She is hogging the planets ATM!

Then if you look low in the sky you can see around NW if you are lucky you can see Mercury in Cancer, which is ironic, because Mercury probably causes Cancer, so everyone who is Cancer has crabs and mercury poisoning.

Wonder if I can get a job in the paper writing horoscopes... hmmm

[brado]

those moon shots are incredible!!

[werdna]

OK, Mars is hard to get!

[sandgroper]

If your on the line, get off a trains coming.

[kevy73]

Ha, oops, got those figures wrong,
It is a 1500mm f/5.

Edit: Oh, and Nikon D90

What brand is the lens??

[nick05]

haha these photos are awesome, not so sure about the commentary!
It's good we all get to enjoy your new hobby without forking out the cash for new lenses
Keep it up! Next challenge is to get a photo of Earth. Maybe use something shiny in space to get the reflection.

[werdna]

It will take me a while to get a photo of earth!

OK, I'll come clean.
The new lens is a telescope
Its a Skywatcher 12"

This is a shot of the setup from my phone


I tried to get some sun spots this morning but was too cloudy.
Hopefully I can get some clear shots over the weekend

[kevy73]

Nice work, I didn't think there was a lens with the specs you were talking about...

[tastyfish1980]

We could have one of those telescopes on the roof for neighborhood watch! Terrific photo`s though Andrew. To think I spent all my young days of photography with an old manual SLR 35mm film camera. Cost me a small fortune in film and not being able to see the result of a pic taken at the same time. Oh how I would have loved a digital camera then on all my trips. A very rewarding hobby and no (dead) fish eye`s!