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pallas15

second try before the clouds pounced..need to clean the chip but an improvement i think

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taken with a skywatcher130eq2 - no barlow- - xbox camera- 1.25 modded nosepiece- nd25 moon filter -image processed using sharpcap/registax5/gimp2.

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Definitely.

Can make out individual craters, mare regions and better contrast. My effforts at the moon this month have been disasterous. 1st go it went behind clouds the instant I pointed my scope at it, and the next try I took all my kit and scope outdoors only to get rained on.

Did you have your cam sorted out, or have you had to try something different?

I always find focus issues without the barlow as my inward travel on the focuser is just a few mm away from crisp sharp images.

Your pic looks like whatever it is, it's working.

Nice1

Jay

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pretty much the same probs as you.getting set up and then clouds and rain ruin it..same with jupiter this mornig....just used the cam "as is" with the nose piece adapter....cut the cam front and the black lens holder almost flush...wacked a moon filter on and that's it really.....i found i couldn't get good focus with the barlow due to atmospherics so just captured as i was messing with the settings...more luck than anything else.....

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That should work fine, the moon filter will keep dust off the chip, and if you left the stock glass IR in place under the black lens mounting then your IR Block filter is sorted too. It may be of less quality than screw in types, but still does the same job.

visible light and IR light come to focus at slightly different places hence replacing the IR filter to keep things lined up, but I know that several stargazers left the original one in with no problems, guess it depends on the person and what they want from the cam.

Great progress though, and the weather wont always be this bad.

Regards

Jay

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