Afocal Moon

It can be called the "hand afocal" method. Holding the camera with both hands and closing it to a 25mm eyepiece (EP) that was mounted on the telescope.

Image Data: Moon (Waning Gibbous)

Lens/Scope: Canon 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 EF-S Zoom IS Lens / Trust 60mm Refractor with 25mm EP

Focal Length: 18 mm / 900 mm

F/Stop: f/4 / f/15

Exposure: One 1/500 second exposure

Mount: Fixed Tripod

Guiding: None

Camera: Unmodified Canon 500D (Digital Rebel T1i)

Mode: Raw

ISO: 800

White Balance: None

In-Camera Noise Reduction: Off

Filter: None

Date: August 29, 2010

Location: Beja, Portugal

Calibration: None

Processing: Resampled.

Image Data: Moon (Waning Gibbous)

Lens/Scope: Canon 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 EF-S Zoom IS Lens / Trust 60mm Refractor with 25mm EP

Focal Length: 46 mm / 900 mm

F/Stop: f/6.3 / f/15

Exposure: One 1/60 second exposure

Mount: Fixed Tripod

Guiding: None

Camera: Unmodified Canon 500D (Digital Rebel T1i)

Mode: Raw

ISO: 800

White Balance: None

In-Camera Noise Reduction: Off

Filter: None

Date: August 29, 2010

Location: Beja, Portugal

Calibration: None

Processing: Resampled.