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M51 LRGB taken under the light of a full Moon. Gradient hell! I wouldn't normally bother with a galaxy under such conditions but clear nights are so few and far between this year for me. Edge8HD & 0.7 reducer, ASI294MMPro. A tad under five hours total integration. Pete.

The rugged great crater chain of Walther down to Ptolemaeus. 16.04.24 A really rugged area. Poor seeing with added heat and smoke from next door deciding to light a fire didn't help but you have to take what you can get. Edge 8HD at native FL, no barlow. Pete.

Just checked 12:58 and it's working for me! Has had a lot of issues lately though.

Definitely Cooper's Cone ! No doubt about it 😉

Spectacular! Very atmospheric. Well done. Pete.

Superb image.

Excellent image, very nice. Astounding that the quality of pictures taken by amateurs in our backyards and gardens can almost rival a spacecraft in orbit.

My first foray into planetary imaging. The seeing was horrendous after very heavy rain all day but I had to have a go before these two get too low in the West for me. Just happy I managed to get something from the bouncing, shimmering blobs I was looking at! Simple set up, x2 Barlow ASI120MC-S via Skywatcher 200P. 1500 frames on Jupiter, 1000 frames on Uranus. AutoStakkert, Registax and PS. Pete.

Great start! Nothing wrong with those. Lucky imaging with a 9.25 will definately pay dividends as that extra resolution will really show.

Just the usual stuff... Autostakkert for stacking, Registax for the wavelets and I usually finish off in Photoshop. Does depend on the quality of the data though as to what actual steps I take. I may need to use, say, Camera Raw filter in PS on one image but not another.

Lying in the South polar region is the massive walled plain of Bailly, 188 miles in diameter. It's a pity it is so foreshortened from Earth. The three prominent craters in front of Bailly are (L-R) Kircher, Bettinus and Zucchius. Taken at 22:00 on 22nd Feb, unfortunately I was plagued by thin high cloud and this was imaged through that cloud. Pete.

This image is dominated by the impressive walled plain Schickard. To the south are the trio of Phoclyides, Nasmyth and the strange plateau Wargentin (actually a crater completely filled with lava). The crater mostly in shadow is Inghirami. Also of note is the elongated Schiller. One of my favourite areas on the Moon, especially when the libration is favourable. Pete.

Some interesting formations in this area. The very bright Aristarchus with Herodotus alongside with the winding Schroter's Valley below always reminds me of a cat's face. Notable craters are the lava filled and eroded Prinz, Schiaparelli lying between Herodotus and the impressive Seleucus and along the limb Lichtenberg, Briggs and illuminated walls of Russell. ASI120MC-S via Skywatcher 200p, x2 barlow. Pete.

Thankyou.

Taken 22nd Feb 22:40. Best 20% of 2000 frames through some high but very thin light cloud. Seeing was moderate. Pete.