This page will continue to grow when more images become available.
Vast improvements in imaging have occured in recent times due to web cameras, which can record a short "movie" of the moon or a planet. Then hundreds of individual frames of this movie can be stacked one upon the other, taking advantage of fleeting seconds of good seeing and computer enhancements. Some pictures are as easy as simply hand holding a digital camera to the eyepiece of the telescope and "snapping" the picture. (That is pretty much what was done with the first image shown here.)
Of course steady air and a vibration free set-up is a must for the very best images.
Moon about 20 days old taken on Dec 9, 2006 with 8 inch Telescope,
Moon about 20 days old taken on Dec 9, 2006 with 8 inch Telescope,
Original size: 2048px x 1536px |
Current: 400px x 300px |
This site features some great images.