There used to be a window around
            full moon, that film astrophotographers simply stopped shooting
            the deep sky, and had to wait until the dark of the moon returned
            to resume. When digital imaging entered the scene about a decade
            ago, this all changed. While its always best to shoot under the
            darkest and most transparent skies possible, it is comforting
            to know that we can get beautiful images during the full moon
            with loads of details now with CCD and CMOS imagers.

            
Here are some first
            shots with my Meade 622 Schmidt Newtonian and the 10D combination.
            The chip is quite a bit larger than the ST8i I have been using,
            yielding a pleasantly larger field of view. The skies photograph
            during full moon the same color as the daytime sky - blue, which
            you will notice in the below images. I didnt try to subtract
            the blue out, because I felt the drama of the full moon night
            was captured here. I will post an shot of the Comet Tracker in
            the future.

Click on Thumbnails for larger View !


            
 Gibbeous
            Moon, 1/500 second with ASA set for 100, prime focus shot. 

            
 Moon again, with
            2x Televue barlow. 1/125 sec at ASA 200.

            
 Andromeda
            Galaxy, 4 x 1min unguided, ASA 1600. (These three -  natural
            blue moonlit skies)

            
 M57 - The
            Ring Nebula in Lyra, 3 x 1min unguided, ASA 1600. The color of
            the nebula here is what your eye would see if the brightness
            were turned up. Since the camera doesnt see the red hydrogen
            line as film does, the nebula is rendered bluish from OIII and
            Hb emission.
 Double Cluster in Perseus, 3 x
            1min unguided, ASA 1600
Instrument:  6" f/3.6 Comet Tracker Schmidt Newtonian
Platform:  Televue Mount
Camera:  Canon 10D
Filters:  None
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  6/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  15 C
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS, Maxim DL, SGBNR
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