down the garden Ski, not much light polution in the NW Alps 🙂

Wow, not far from me either RD (Worcester here) funny how those NW Alps mess with the local weather 😉

it’s all in the altitude, down on the flood plain the air is more moist i expect

just went out in swansea. couldnt see it 🙁

Here’s my effort – don’t have a proper tripod, tried to lash the monopod to the balcony but not that good still, so I tried to sharpen it in PS.

perigee moon crop by molgrips, on Flickr

Just to demonstrate the effect of the perigee, here’s the full shot:

perigee moon by molgrips, on Flickr

And here’s a shot taken last November in the US. This was hand held so excuse the quality, and it’s portrat, but you can still see the difference in size:

moon non perigee by molgrips, on Flickr

This is better for comparing:

moon comparison by molgrips, on Flickr

nice and clear from Surrey. It’s as bright as a DX Bastid light also.

My effort from tonight, f/8 at 1/200

One of my better efforts. Just cropped the JPG – didn’t bother tweaking the RAW. Still experimenting with exposure.

TT wins so far.

What was it taken on?

Hmmm… flickr’s being weird again. Let’s try that one more time:

The Moon by jwrfooo, on Flickr

TT wins so far.

What was it taken on?

My daughters 550D and my Canon 400mm, lets try again to see it

Nice shot jwr, was that taken with a lens or through a scope?

@Tijuana Taxi: 211 images shot through a 9.25″ scope. The full image is a 1.2GB monster.

Can you take some more general pics and post them up next to kit lens shots of the same scene, so we can boggle?

14mm vs 4000mm

Boggle away 😉

Mate that is absolutely fantastic 🙂

Where can I get me one of these lenses?

PS your garden needs work.

1000mm russian mirror lens. £100 on ebay.

You can come ’round tomorrow and sort the garden out if you like.

I will clear your garden if you give me that lens and the 2x tele.

What fit was the lens anyway? OM?

My effort.

Hand held at 200mm

What fit was the lens anyway? OM?

M42.

I saw this, 5e, and thought of you:

5200mm effective. Must be the longest available. And only £269. So tempted!

Images here: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=103319&page=15

£269 sounds expensive to me. But I am cheap.

Possibly the best moon of all