The clear evening skies we've had around these parts have served to remind me of my occasional interest in astrophotography.  The other night, I tried to get some new shots of the moon and it took a while, but I ended up with one or two good shots.  The results weren't great, but they were more or less okay given my rather crude and cumbersome setup.  

The last time I took some pictures of the moon was back in September 2007.  Just like my previous effort, I used my dad's old Empire telescope with a Kodak EasyShare C875 to snap my new pictures. The moon has an almost yellowish appearance in my most recent photos.  I am not sure of the reason for this, but I decided not to make any major adjustments with the exception of some minor sharpening and a tweak of the contrast on the best photo, which is presented below.



Full moon, taken the night of August 17, 2008





Detail of the above picture