Fullmoon through a fixed telescope
This amateur video shows two interresting things: The motion of the moon in this video is mainly caused by the rotation of the Earth, since the telescope was fixed on ground. This shows how fast we actually rotate.. The magnifiction is 50 times. It gives a bit the feeling like fying over the moon. Additionally, the atmospehere is in motion, which gives the impression as if the moon was actually under water. Details: - Telescope (Meade ETX-80) diameter: 80mm - Focal length: 400mm - Ocular focal length: 8mm - Camera: Sony NEX-7. The sensor is directly attached to the ocular. Location: Bonn, Germany Remarks: The Moon needs ca. 30 days to rotate around the Earth. The Earth needs only one day to rotate around itself. So we could say that for our impression as an observer on ground, the Earth rotates 30 times faster. Therefore, we can disregard the motion of the Moon when we just want to demonstrate the things I mentioned above. Many people consider the full moon as boring, because you hardly see any shadows. I agree with that. Nevertheless, I think the fullmoon is the better choice for what I want to demonstrate with this video, because you can see very well how long it takes for the moon to cross the telescopes field of view.
This amateur video shows two interresting things: The motion of the moon in this video is mainly caused by the rotation of the Earth, since the telescope was fixed on ground. This shows how fast we actually rotate.. The magnifiction is 50 times. It gives a bit the feeling like fying over the moon. Additionally, the atmospehere is in motion, which gives the impression as if the moon was actually under water. Details: - Telescope (Meade ETX-80) diameter: 80mm - Focal length: 400mm - Ocular focal length: 8mm - Camera: Sony NEX-7. The sensor is directly attached to the ocular. Location: Bonn, Germany Remarks: The Moon needs ca. 30 days to rotate around the Earth. The Earth needs only one day to rotate around itself. So we could say that for our impression as an observer on ground, the Earth rotates 30 times faster. Therefore, we can disregard the motion of the Moon when we just want to demonstrate the things I mentioned above. Many people consider the full moon as boring, because you hardly see any shadows. I agree with that. Nevertheless, I think the fullmoon is the better choice for what I want to demonstrate with this video, because you can see very well how long it takes for the moon to cross the telescopes field of view.