Knighty2112

Nice haul Wookie! I really need to go through Bootes doubles again to get reacquainted. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Sketch looks very good to me. You seem to have caught a nice atmosphere with it. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Very nice images. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks. If weather permits I’ll see if I can observe it too! 👍🏻

Got the C8 out yesterday evening hoping to nab comet 12P again after sunset. Sadly clouds piled in right as it was getting dark enough for this, so no chance to see it again just as it was getting dark. Managed to see Jupiter and Uranus in the twilight. But the star of the night was the Moon, where I had some superb views of the moon, looking at the area around the lunar X (which could still be made out quite easily in my 24mm EP), and craters up and down the terminator, along with Mons Pico and Montes Spitzbergen up near the Alpine Valley.

Very nice none the less for the wind. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

This might help to visualise the orbit around the earth, and its phases etc. https://ematusov.soe.udel.edu/science/moon-phases/index.htm

Yep, I am visual observer too and I use this method pretty much every time, unless the moon is on show when I might use that to get sharp focus.

Grab and go set up tonight waiting for it to get dark to see comet PB. Going to see if the binoviewers tease any sign of a tail out fingers crossed if skies stay clear. Go my viewing partner out with me too, although she rarely wants to look through the EP! 🤣🤣🤣

If you go into Utilities menu you can change the speed of scrolling in Scrolling Text. Try that and slow it down to its slowest speed and see if that works better to read.

Checked my svbony zoom I got the other day with my 80ED ‘frac and 2” Lunt wedge. On mine I need to dial in approx 4mm more in focus than with a couple of other EP’s I tested it with.

Actually, I believe that Malapert is not shown here as it is not a favourable libration for it to be seen and is out of view. On revision I believe this dome feature lies between Casatus and Moretus further to the south, and is part of the central rim in the crater Newton which seems to be in view here.

Looks like the dome feature; is known unofficial as Malapert mountain, which lies to the rear of crater Malapert itself.

Yeah, I saw this scotty dog too last night when using a new Zoom EP I got yesterday. From research in my lunar books I think it is the area around Cabeus. Trying to work out what the bright dome that appears to the right of this area is further.

Is there not a battery inside it already (although most likely flat) if you unscrew it and check?