On the 3rd of Feburary i was particulary impressed with the views I had of the moon. So much so i had to try an take a photo of what i was seeing with my mobile phone. This was much harder than i thought it would be as i didnt have a phone holder at the time. At the moment i am competely clueless on how to take a decent photo with a mobile phone through a telescope. But, that said, i was rther pleased with this as it captured what had caught my curiousity. Obviously, this photo does no justice to what i was observing through the eyepiece, but none-the-less i had to capture it.
After a little research i found learned that the craters i was interested in were Theophilus, Cyrilus & Catharina. Each of these craters are apparently 100km across. What caught my eye the most was how Cyrilus & Catharina appear to be joined by some kind of gouge in the lune surface.
Inspired by the views and want to take better images next time I purchased what is said to be a great phone mount called a "Move-Shoot-Move" which it adjustable on all 3 axis. When the mount arrived it seems to be very robust and easy to use.
Thus far i have been reluctant to use it to try and take images of the planets, not because i think it isnt up to the job but because i know taking a
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