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How can I take pictures of the Moon?

showing the full surface of it with some features? My attempts always end up in vain showing just a big, white blob of light. I'm using a 8.0mpx Sony camera (not DSLR). Please help.

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    The Moon (Latin: Luna) is Earth's only natural satellite, and is the fifth largest one in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,403 km, which is about thirty times the diameter of the Earth. The Moon has a diameter of 3,474 km[8]—slightly more than a quarter that of the Earth and slightly smaller than the east–west distance across the United States. This means that the volume of the Moon is about 2 percent that of Earth. The gravitational pull at its surface is about 17 percent of the Earth's. The Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth every 27.3 days, and the periodic variations in the geometry of the Earth–Moon–Sun system are responsible for the lunar phases that repeat every 29.5 days. The Moon is the only celestial body to which humans have travelled and upon which humans have landed. The first artificial object to escape Earth's gravity and pass near the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 1, the first artificial object to impact the lunar surface was Luna 2, and the first photographs of the normally occluded far side of the Moon were made by Luna 3, all in 1959. The first spacecraft to perform a successful lunar soft landing was Luna 9, and the first unmanned vehicle to orbit the Moon was Luna 10, both in 1966.[8] The United States (U.S.) Apollo program achieved the only manned missions to date, resulting in six landings between 1969 and 1972. Human exploration of the Moon ceased with the conclusion of the Apollo program, although several countries have announced plans to send people or robotic spacecraft to the Moon.

  • 1 decade ago

    you might need some setup involving at least a basic telescope...

    or a camera which allows you to control not only zoom, but diaphragm diameter and how long the shutter is open - I don't have a clue whether yours will do that or if it's of the "point and click" variety - it sounds like your pictures are overexposed, so a smaller aperture and/or shorter exposure time would probably help

  • 1 decade ago

    I think you may be interested in a process called "digiscoping". What it basically consists of is attaching your camera to a telescope or binoculars, aiming at what you want pictures of (usually birds or stars), and snap away. You can find more info by typing digiscoping into any search engine, or at wikipedia.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digiscoping

  • 1 decade ago

    it ain't easy, is it. fhotoace has the answer, so does don h. but fhotoace gave you more detail and a path to follow to actually do the deed. which is why i haven't gotten a good shot of the moon for any of my stuff, either.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Using Satelite,it was fastest than camera shooting.

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