The Waxing Moon 24th June 1978.
My first photograph through my, then new, 8" telescope. Things that I immediately discovered, and evidenced by the lack of sharpness here, were:
- it is not easy to focus an SLR in low light;
- shutter release cables are necessary to prevent vibrations caused by touching the camera and whole telescope assembly; and
- bigger telescopes catch a lot of light, but also a lot of the breeze!
8" f/6 Newtonian Reflector on a German equatorial mount (no motor drives) used with Zenit-E 35mm SLR camera at the f/6 Prime Focus.
Film ASA-125 Ilford HP-4 @ 1/250sec exposure. Scanned using Canon MP980 MFP 9/10/2011.
From 1978-81 Early Days
