Beautiful Full Moon Rise through 900mm Telescope 4x timelapse V10189
Some nice footage of last night s full moon rise, using a Celestron 900mm telescope and 2x optical teleconverter, resulting in an 1800mm equivalent magnification, focal length. The action is spedup 4x in software (Sony Vegas) and a nice ambient soundtrack roundsout the scene. The strange wavy movement is caused by looking through heat waves in the Earth s atmosphere. The variation in air density acts as a sort of moving lens, much like looking down a desert road in the summer. This is a problem with all
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