downloaded photos (Toronto)

I kept forgetting to download my crescent Moon photos from the RASC Toronto Centre City Observing Session from Wednesday at High Park. Finally got 'round to it.

I attached the FujiFilm point-and-shoot camera to my telescope eyepiece with the society's adapter while the RA motor was running. I had only aimed roughly to north at this point (later, when I checked the polar alignment, it was nearly perfect). Shots triggered with 10 second self-timer.

The first photo slightly zoomed. If you look closely, you can see Venus ensnared in the tree.



FujiFilm finepix J20, manual mode, 1/4 second, ISO-200, white balance daylight, 0 exposure compensation, 16mm focal length, f5.1, 6:54 PM

This second photo is also slightly zoomed. Also at a slightly higher altitude angle. Is there a hint of Earth shine?



FujiFilm finepix J20, manual mode, 1/4 second, ISO-200, white balance daylight, 0 exposure compensation, 19mm focal length, f5.6, 6:56 PM

The shots I tried later, at 7:16 PM, to better catch the Earth shine, did not work out.