Getting Mooned (and a making-of video that I promise is cheek-free)
/I Got Mooned (and so am I!) uhhh..
(and a making of video that I promise is cheek-free)
Last night was an unusually clear April evening, the full moon was pretty great.
I shot a shaky-cam smartphone video of how this shot was gathered, using a telescope and a smartphone.
http://youtu.be/znZFQsz7xAI
What was used to get this:
A Meade ETX that I found at a liquidation outlet for $200.00
http://www.amazon.com/Meade-ETX125EC-Telescope-Electronic-Controller/dp/B00004SPCH/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366984238&sr=8-1&keywords=meade+etx+125
A 25mm Orion Eyepiece
http://www.amazon.com/Orion-Sirius-Plossl-Telescope-Eyepiece/dp/B000UIW9A6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1366984394&sr=1-1&keywords=25mm+orion+eyepiece
An iPhone 5
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-iPhone-16GB-White-Unlocked/dp/B0097CZJEO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366984286&sr=8-1&keywords=iphone+5
An Orion SteadyPIx Smartphone Adaptor
http://www.amazon.com/Orion-SteadyPix-Universal-Smartphone-Telescope/dp/B0090D5N00/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366984349&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=orion+steadypix+deluxe+camera+mount
I filmed it with a Galaxy Note 2 (which did a piss-poor job)
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-GT-N7100-unlocked-/dp/B0099LATZ2/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1366984447&sr=1-1&keywords=galaxy+note+2
The beverage for the evening:
http://www.shopmerwins.com/guinness-black-lager-6pk-btls.html
:)
I'll post some more complicated examples (like planets) and doing astrophotography with an actual camera later in the summer, when I get my Sony back from cleaning.