The Moon through binoculars
The Vixen 12×80 are a big binoculars very useful for doing Astronomy. Watching the Moon through them provides great satisfaction. This video was taken on 8th February of 2009.
Music by myself, in order to avoid copyright problems.
Firstly we observe the original video taken directly through a pocket digital camera, Casio Exilim EX-Z80 recording at 640×480. The image is constantly moving, because it is hold by hand. Next video shows the same frames but applying a digital correction to remove the shift. After that, using Registax we obtain an integrated final image of the almost full moon.
Duration : 0:1:43
May 15 2010 04:22 am | celestron binoculars
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
this is real good …
this is real good son, much better then nasa moon pictures for real you can see the moons fault line, world dont understand me
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
I have a question.
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I have a question.
Can you say what tripod/head you used ??
Can you give me specific model name etc.. ?
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
Thanks. Don’t worry …
Thanks. Don’t worry about chromatic aberration. You always can remove red and blue channel and got a clean green channel with great level of details.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
wow this wavesynth …
wow this wavesynth n drumloop sounds killer. i got a big set of binos for christmas lets see if i can sch a movie too, but the binos are not 100% color true, i figured that out already…
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
No, It was done …
No, It was done with Fruity Loops (FL Studio) for Windows/PC.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
cool wavesynth. did …
cool wavesynth. did u do this with garageband… ?
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
With a 30×80 …
With a 30×80 Jupiter and its satellites would be much more impressive, but maybe not enough to see atmospheric details over the surface of Jupiter.
And, yes, M31 is Andromeda galaxy and M42 is Orion Nebula. They both can be visible with naked eye under a dark sky. To find them, you should learn firstly Andromeda and Orion constellations. And a map would be also very useful. You may use freely the maps available at Wikipedia when searching for Orion and Andromeda constellations.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
I am a total newbie …
I am a total newbie to astronomy. I used to have a 5 inch reflector, but I could never align it. Anyway, I opt for binoculars now. I can see the Jupiter with 3-4 Moons very well through 10x50s mounted on the tripod. In fact, the Jupiter shines very bright. But, I have no idea how to find the Andromeda and Orion. I believe that’s what you mean by M31 and M42.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
30×80 would be good …
30×80 would be good for the Moon but not enough for planets. In order to see planets (Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) properly it is needed 100x magnifying power.
I got the 12×80 to explore deep sky under dark nights: clusters, nebulae and galaxies. M31 and M42 are outstanding through the 12×80 binoculars.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
I was thinking …
I was thinking about getting the Vixen 30×80 for planet viewing, but they never have them in stock to try around. I believe the 20×80 would be perfect giving 4mm exit pupil, but I already have similarly sized binos. Why did you opt for the 12×80? Becasue of the brightness?
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
Yes, that Tycho is …
Yes, that Tycho is really impressive, even more when seen through binoculars.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
The Tycho crater …
The Tycho crater makes the moon look like a watermellon. The streaks for that crater are so pronounced, onto a major portion of the entire Moon.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
My Vixen 12×80 …
My Vixen 12×80 shows chromatic aberration when viewing the limb of the Moon. It is a blue fringe.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
I have a Fujinon …
I have a Fujinon FMT-SX 16×70 as well as the 12×60 HB. Both show obvious yellow fringe around the Moon. Is that normal for high aperture binoculars? Or are both of my units poor quality? I mean, that’s such an obvious chromatic aberation
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
I picked it up for …
I picked it up for $89 canadian dollars which I guess works out to lik $70 US or something.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
hoow muchdid u pay?
hoow muchdid u pay?
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
Congratulations. …
Congratulations. Good work and idea.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
I just picked up a …
I just picked up a pair of Celestron 15X70 `s too and I built a monopod out of an adjustable rod. The rod is two-piece hollow tube and adjusts to length by twisting it. It is similar to a shower curtain rod but thicker walled. I utilized the movable foot on the end by putting a small 1/4 inch bolt in it to attach a binocular tripod adapter. It works great and is more maneuverable than a tripod. The rod was like 10 bucks at Princess Auto.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
You may build your …
You may build your homemade adapter. Using the tripod thread of the camera: employing a British Standard Whitworth (BSW) screw 1/4 inch you may hold the camera fixed to a metal or wood. Then, the metal is fixed to the focuser through a bolted coupling (I am not sure this is the name of that element). The connection is quite ackwark, but it works.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
I’m trying to …
I’m trying to figure a way to mount my Logitech 9000pro to the eye piece of the binocular. The bad thing about my binoculars is that it doesnt have a tripod mount thats as sturdy as could be. Many are making their own. I have not tried it yet with a tripod yet to see how bad it would be.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
Yes, sure. The …
Yes, sure. The problem here is that digicam was recording in handheld configuration. Now that I have an adapter this issue is solved.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
It was pretty …
It was pretty awesome. I could see the creaters and quite a lot of detail, but the toughest thing was just holding it steady. I think it would definitely need a tripod.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
Point it to the …
Point it to the Moon and tell me what you see …
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
Yes, under dark …
Yes, under dark skies, far from the cities.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:22 am
I just picked up …
I just picked up the celestron 15×70 and I like it a lot. Not sure how it would compare but at the price I paid, its very good.
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