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First Try - Jan 2007 - Moon and Mars : There is a steep learning curve for Astronomy in general...there is a huge learning curve for Astrophotography. I have a Meade LX200R 10" telescope and a Meade LPI Imager (essentially a webcam) This was my first try at getting a picture of the moon and Mars. Obviously, you can see I found the moon and the shot is at least "ok". I was not bale to find the focus on Mars as you can see.... I will keep trying and learning

First Try - Jan 2007 - Moon and Mars

There is a steep learning curve for Astronomy in general...there is a huge learning curve for Astrophotography. I have a Meade LX200R 10" telescope and a Meade LPI Imager (essentially a webcam) This was my first try at getting a picture of the moon and Mars. Obviously, you can see I found the moon and the shot is at least "ok". I was no ...

Updated: Jan 18, 2008 4:09pm PST