Comments on: Stunning snapshot of the moon http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: art666 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1342352 art666 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1342352 that was made 3 January this one I shoot this morning http://www.pokackr.ru/tmp-photo/2012/02/10-moon/IMG_4093_crop.jpg  that was made 3 January
this one I shoot this morning
http://www.pokackr.ru/tmp-photo/2012/02/10-moon/IMG_4093_crop.jpg 

]]> By: Paul Tall Spencer http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1341825 Paul Tall Spencer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1341825 the pic is upside down! the pic is upside down!

]]> By: Bakeca Incontri Milano http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1341226 Bakeca Incontri Milano Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1341226 awesome foto. I like how all the craters are seen. Would love to go on the moon and take a closer photo :D awesome foto. I like how all the craters are seen. Would love to go on the moon and take a closer photo :D

]]> By: Donmcdoie Moratalla Legaspi http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1341163 Donmcdoie Moratalla Legaspi Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1341163 awesome!... awesome!…

]]> By: travtastic http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340954 travtastic Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340954 What <b>really</b> blew my mind was when I was trying to keep a $7 telescope trained on the edge of the moon. I kept trying to lock everything down and fix the tripod, because I'd come back later to find out it wasn't even showing on the eyepiece anymore. After a few minutes of tightening, I thought "Shit. <i>It's orbiting.</i>" It was the perfect mixture of awe and stupidity. What really blew my mind was when I was trying to keep a $7 telescope trained on the edge of the moon. I kept trying to lock everything down and fix the tripod, because I’d come back later to find out it wasn’t even showing on the eyepiece anymore.

After a few minutes of tightening, I thought “Shit. It’s orbiting.” It was the perfect mixture of awe and stupidity.

]]> By: dogden http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340873 dogden Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340873 Huh.  BoingBoing posts this on Tuesday, and <a href='http://xkcd.com/1014/' rel="nofollow">xkcd</a> introduces me to the term <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_aberration' rel="nofollow">"chromatic aberration"</a> a day later.  Coincidence? ...Yes, it's definitely a coincidence.  Still, this picture has a visible lateral chromatic aberration.  That makes it not all that great a shot.  I imagine, however, that this was an unavoidable consequence of putting a lens on another lens. Oh well.  Si nihil temptes, raro cades. Huh.  BoingBoing posts this on Tuesday, and xkcd introduces me to the term “chromatic aberration” a day later.  Coincidence?

…Yes, it’s definitely a coincidence.  Still, this picture has a visible lateral chromatic aberration.  That makes it not all that great a shot.  I imagine, however, that this was an unavoidable consequence of putting a lens on another lens.

Oh well.  Si nihil temptes, raro cades.

]]> By: Miriam Rubinoff http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340502 Miriam Rubinoff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340502 Point-and-shoot, indeed. The Canon S95 rocks. Point-and-shoot, indeed. The Canon S95 rocks.

]]> By: Sravani Sravani M http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340381 Sravani Sravani M Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340381 One time, I saw a man looking at me, yes, with his eyes. And then, he,  he picked up a tube. And he looked, in the tube, and he made the moon  big, inside the tube. The moon big inside a tube!  One time, I saw a man looking at me, yes, with his eyes. And then, he, 
he picked up a tube. And he looked, in the tube, and he made the moon 
big, inside the tube. The moon big inside a tube! 

]]> By: ridestowe http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340285 ridestowe Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340285 he built his observatory in the middle of a city? that's pretty strange he built his observatory in the middle of a city? that’s pretty strange

]]> By: tonbo0422 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340247 tonbo0422 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340247 Kids, while I'm here, I'd like to remind you: Don't just peer through those tiny optical devices! BE THERE! Please follow these links in order and be the newest kids on the block to own a piece of the future: http://montrealfoodblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/jupiter-condos-update-iii.html http://montrealfoodblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/upon-buying-galacticpropertycom.html http://montrealfoodblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/jupiter-condos-update-iv.html http://montrealfoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/is-condo-project-on-pluto-still-viable.html http://montrealfoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/jobs-jobs-jobs.html Kids, while I’m here, I’d like to remind you: Don’t just peer through those tiny optical devices! BE THERE!

Please follow these links in order and be the newest kids on the block to own a piece of the future:

http://montrealfoodblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/jupiter-condos-update-iii.html

http://montrealfoodblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/upon-buying-galacticpropertycom.html

http://montrealfoodblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/jupiter-condos-update-iv.html

http://montrealfoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/is-condo-project-on-pluto-still-viable.html

http://montrealfoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/jobs-jobs-jobs.html

]]> By: tonbo0422 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340239 tonbo0422 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340239 Incredible how fast the full moon turned into a half moon. Or did you hop into your Extra-Earth-Orbit Spindizzy to go out past the Van Allen Belt for that particular shot? Incredible how fast the full moon turned into a half moon. Or did you hop into your Extra-Earth-Orbit Spindizzy to go out past the Van Allen Belt for that particular shot?

]]> By: tonbo0422 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340232 tonbo0422 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340232 It's amazing to me that in your shot, Saturn is perfectly right-side up. It's like in Star Trek, where when there are two spaceships in the frame, they're always right-side up -- one is never, say, at a 90-degree angle to the other or upside down. But Saturn . . . that's remarkable! It’s amazing to me that in your shot, Saturn is perfectly right-side up. It’s like in Star Trek, where when there are two spaceships in the frame, they’re always right-side up — one is never, say, at a 90-degree angle to the other or upside down.

But Saturn . . . that’s remarkable!

]]> By: g0dai http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340176 g0dai Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340176 I'd love to hear details about your setup. Great detail! I’d love to hear details about your setup. Great detail!

]]> By: g0dai http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340173 g0dai Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340173 Here is one I snapped on the fly, on my first opportunity to see Saturn through my cheapo Meade on an early morning: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/43436884@N00/6841049153/ It's not very good by any means, but it was enough to get me to start investigating ways I can rig up a better system. Here is one I snapped on the fly, on my first opportunity to see Saturn through my cheapo Meade on an early morning:

http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/43436884@N00/6841049153/

It’s not very good by any means, but it was enough to get me to start investigating ways I can rig up a better system.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340167 dculberson Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340167 Zadaz, maybe your attitude of belittling the efforts of others has as much to do with it as any other single reason. Zadaz, maybe your attitude of belittling the efforts of others has as much to do with it as any other single reason.

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340164 Christopher Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340164 I've tried something similar several times with my (admittedly cheap) telescope and (moderately cheap) camera. I was never pleased enough with the results to save any of them, except one which I accidentally deleted (new camera and "Hmm, what does this button do?") Anyway this is a gorgeous photo and I'm glad to know I had the right idea, even if I need to get a better telescope and better camera. I’ve tried something similar several times with my (admittedly cheap) telescope and (moderately cheap) camera. I was never pleased enough with the results to save any of them, except one which I accidentally deleted (new camera and “Hmm, what does this button do?”)

Anyway this is a gorgeous photo and I’m glad to know I had the right idea, even if I need to get a better telescope and better camera.

]]> By: Orpheus84 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340161 Orpheus84 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340161 One time, I saw a man looking at me, yes, with his eyes. And then, he, he picked up a tube. And he looked, in the tube, and he made the moon big, inside the tube. The moon big inside a tube! [laughs]  One time, I saw a man looking at me, yes, with his eyes. And then, he, he picked up a tube. And he looked, in the tube, and he made the moon big, inside the tube. The moon big inside a tube!

[laughs] 

]]> By: art666 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1340114 art666 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1340114 cool. last night I wait till 4 a.m. for full moon but it was too cloudy. without  telescope only with 200mm lens it looks like this http://www.pokackr.ru/tmp-photo/2012/01/03-moon/IMG_3920.jpg http://www.pokackr.ru/tmp-photo/2012/01/03-moon/IMG_3920_crop.jpg cool. last night I wait till 4 a.m. for full moon but it was too cloudy. without  telescope only with 200mm lens it looks like this http://www.pokackr.ru/tmp-photo/2012/01/03-moon/IMG_3920.jpg http://www.pokackr.ru/tmp-photo/2012/01/03-moon/IMG_3920_crop.jpg

]]> By: ryuchi http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339924 ryuchi Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339924 This is my Jupiter (i don't even go on the field to do this, just open the trap window on the roof lol): https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/405822_10150439400652098_749997097_8847267_2060772195_n.jpg then Saturn: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/229081_10150187151107098_749997097_7195720_3898044_n.jpg also Orion's nebula: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/182265_10150098404682098_749997097_6561500_3504661_n.jpg and the Moon: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/181914_10150098402402098_749997097_6561490_2736337_n.jpg This is my Jupiter (i don’t even go on the field to do this, just open the trap window on the roof lol):
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/405822_10150439400652098_749997097_8847267_2060772195_n.jpg

then Saturn:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/229081_10150187151107098_749997097_7195720_3898044_n.jpg

also Orion’s nebula:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/182265_10150098404682098_749997097_6561500_3504661_n.jpg

and the Moon:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/181914_10150098402402098_749997097_6561490_2736337_n.jpg

]]> By: Nick Harmer http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339921 Nick Harmer Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339921 You are entitled to your opinions about Instagram. (I find it a blast to use.)  But maybe it will soothe your frustration some to know that there is always an option to post photos there without the use of their filters, unaltered and free of "mangling for increased hipness." Which is how I posted this particular moon photo.  You are entitled to your opinions about Instagram. (I find it a blast to use.)  But maybe it will soothe your frustration some to know that there is always an option to post photos there without the use of their filters, unaltered and free of “mangling for increased hipness.” Which is how I posted this particular moon photo. 

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339922 Snig Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339922 Aroooo!!! Aroooo!!!

]]> By: DocPop http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339868 DocPop Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339868 Though it's certainly not as clear, I thought you guys might like to see a snapshot I took of the moon using my iPhone 4 and a telescope http://www.flickr.com/photos/docpopular/5539126056/ I also did a series of "appsperiments" using this shot and combinations of different iOS apps. http://www.flickr.com/photos/docpopular/5540130391/in/photostream/ Though it’s certainly not as clear, I thought you guys might like to see a snapshot I took of the moon using my iPhone 4 and a telescope http://www.flickr.com/photos/docpopular/5539126056/
I also did a series of “appsperiments” using this shot and combinations of different iOS apps. http://www.flickr.com/photos/docpopular/5540130391/in/photostream/

]]> By: markz http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339849 markz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339849 A good friend of mine does this too, and is quite enthusiastic about it -- he built an observatory with a retractable roof in his backyard to permanently house his camera and telescope.  His photos are totally stunning, and it's amazing that he can do this stuff from the middle of the city. http://www.flickr.com/photos/astroporn/sets/72157624497531696/ A good friend of mine does this too, and is quite enthusiastic about it — he built an observatory with a retractable roof in his backyard to permanently house his camera and telescope.  His photos are totally stunning, and it’s amazing that he can do this stuff from the middle of the city.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/astroporn/sets/72157624497531696/

]]> By: Dan Allen http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339759 Dan Allen Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339759 Ooh, that crescent moon is the last piece I needed for my moon photo!  https://plus.google.com/photos/102358539010727514210/albums/5631231815984942369/5631232420649243394?authkey=CLib4ofVzPqmcA&banner=pwa Ooh, that crescent moon is the last piece I needed for my moon photo! 

https://plus.google.com/photos/102358539010727514210/albums/5631231815984942369/5631232420649243394?authkey=CLib4ofVzPqmcA&banner=pwa

]]> By: Zadaz http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339749 Zadaz Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339749 .... And then posted it to Instagram, where decent photos get turned into awful photos by covering them with digital nostalgia. Dammit! This is why we haven't been back to the moon in 39 years! This is the kind of crap we do with the worlds most advanced technology. We simply wad it up and say "meh" like a hipster full of muscle relaxants. Couldn't actually take the effort to post the picture somewhere where it wouldn't be mangled for increased hipness, post it someplace where it could be actually enjoyed for it's true magnificence.  This is why we haven't walked on the moon again. We simply don't give a shit.   …. And then posted it to Instagram, where decent photos get turned into awful photos by covering them with digital nostalgia.

Dammit! This is why we haven’t been back to the moon in 39 years! This is the kind of crap we do with the worlds most advanced technology. We simply wad it up and say “meh” like a hipster full of muscle relaxants. Couldn’t actually take the effort to post the picture somewhere where it wouldn’t be mangled for increased hipness, post it someplace where it could be actually enjoyed for it’s true magnificence. 

This is why we haven’t walked on the moon again. We simply don’t give a shit.  

]]> By: David Yoon http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339742 David Yoon Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339742 We live in a nifty, nifty time.  We live in a nifty, nifty time. 

]]> By: Shibi_SF http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339736 Shibi_SF Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339736 OH MY.  It IS blue cheese!!!! (We were clouded in and I missed seeing this in person.  Nice image!) OH MY.  It IS blue cheese!!!!

(We were clouded in and I missed seeing this in person.  Nice image!)

]]> By: Matthew Moore http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339715 Matthew Moore Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339715 Thats no moon! Thats no moon!

]]> By: Songsak Klawnarong http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339716 Songsak Klawnarong Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339716 Nice pic!!!+ Nice pic!!!+

]]> By: Sergio http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/stunning-snapshot-of-the-moon.html#comment-1339714 Sergio Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142659#comment-1339714 I did this with my iPhone as well. they came out pretty well! horay for telescopes! I did this with my iPhone as well. they came out pretty well! horay for telescopes!

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