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Subject: Re: [OM] Re: question on the moon
From: Gregg Iverson <giverson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 12:59:39 -0500
For a comparison, of the moon at it's apogee (max. distance from earth)
and perigee (min distance), check out
http://www.spacescience.com/newhome/headlines/ast19dec99_1.htm

Gregg


mahlon.r.haunschild@xxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Sam,
> 
> The full moon is a notoriously low-contrast object; if your 1Kmm lens was a
> conventional photo telephoto, it's entirely likely that craters and other
> surface features would be difficult to discern in the viewfinder screen 
> because
> of low contrast, and low resolution on the screen.  This is why most of the
> astrophotos of the moon's surface that you see are actually shot in regions 
> near
> the terminator to get more contrast and oblique lighting.  It's analogous to a
> ring-lighted photo subject, only worse because the light source in this case
> (the sun) is actually almost a point source and is almost directly behind you,
> the observer.
> 
> BTW, that must have been one helluva TV camera lens to do what you suggest...
> 
> regards,
> 
> m.
> ------------------------------

> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> for those of you who photographed the moon.  I have a question did the moon
> appear sharp to you?  I used a 1000mm lens and could not discern the craters
> on the moon.  Could any of you see the craters clearly through your lens?  I
> have never photographed the moon before and did not last evening because I
> was disappointed on how it looked through the view finder.
> 
> Was anyone out there satisfied with their picture quality?  The photo's I
> saw in the paper looked like a large ball of light.  I  recall watching a
> Monday night football game on TV a few years ago and the camera zoomed up to
> the moon and the detail was amazing.  I know it's not fair to compare their
> lens with a camera lens, but did anyone have a better view of the moon in
> detail than I did?
>

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