Astrophotography by T.Yoshida Weblog

I also took a picture of the moon on last Sunday night. It's a waning Crescent Moon. Over here in Japan, this moon phase is called "Ariake no Tsuki".

I took this picture with my TOA130s Telescope and Canon DSLR camera. I had been using Nikon D50 modified model for astrophotography. But, I changed mind last year and then I bought a Canon EOS400D. Now I have been using it for taking a picture of Moon.

CanonEOS400D is one of the most popular Digital SLR camera in Japan. A lot of people here taking astrophotography use EOS400D. I also like to use it. It is really dependable.

I took a picture of Clavius crater on the moon last night. The nightsky was very clear. So I can see many tiny details on the Moon.

I used Mewlon300 when I took this picture. Takahashi Mewlon300 is one of the largest model in Takahashi. Over here in Japan, it isn't popular very much. But many American love to use it. I also like to use it.

Clavius Crater is one of the my favrite crater. It's a very large crater on the Moon. It has 225km diameter. I could see many small crater inside in the crater.

I'm luckly to take a photograph of Jupiter yesterday. Yesterday is really good condition for taking planet picture. In fact, I think it is the best in this year.

I took this picture with my TOA130s telescope and ToUcamPro camera. ToUcamPro camera is a Web camera. It is one of the most popular camera for taking picture.

I could see a lot of tiny details on Jupiter through telescope last night. I had really good time..

Over here, it is extremely hot and humid now. It's around 35 degrees Celsius at noon. It has been clear after rainy season. But there's going to be cloudy at night. So I didn't take a picture very much.

This image is the view of Osaka City. Osaka city is the second largest city in Japan. I can see Osaka city from my house.

I like to take a picture of the Moon. I always take the picture in my backyard. There are a lot of light pollution in area where I live. But of course I can easily see the Moon clearly.

When I take a picture of the Moon, I usually use Takahashi TOA130s telescope. It's very good for taking it. It easy to carry on my mount, Takahashi NJP. It is convenient to use for astrophotography. Great Refractor!

This picture is Copernicus Crater taken with TOA130s and ST2000XM camera this year.