PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Also see Quick Time videos below

"Handheld" Moon
This week's remarkable image comes from Rob Noth & Lisa Gradwohl, both regular attendees at CSM's monthly
"Jazz Under The Stars" event. The image was taken with a Panasonic DMC-FX07 digital camera, held to the eyepiece of our 140mm TEC refractor.  ISO 100, 1/200 second exposure, processed in Photoshop CS2 (resize, adjust levels, unsharp mask).

The image reveals great detail along the terminator, and Mares Serenitatis and Tranquillitatis show prominently. The large crater almost dead center is 81 mile wide Albategnius.

The photo was taken under steady skies during April 12 "Jazz Under The Stars" night. Thanks Rob and Lisa !

         First quarter moon, April 12, 2008                                                               Rob Noth and Lisa Gradwohl / CSM Observatory

March 26, 2008   Sun Spots  Video ...14 second video of several sun spots.
                                                     Imaging Source DFK 31AF03.AS camera
                                                     vintage orange C8 telescope. What are sun spots?

August 28, 2007 Lunar Eclipse Video   ...154 images taken over 38.5 minutes.
                                                           DSLR camera w/140mm TEC refractor. Combined in Quick Time

April, 2008    Fly across the moon like an Apollo astronaut in this  New Video   taken with our "Imaging Source" camera.

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