BRADLEY 1953

Fabulous image of first quarter. Well done.

Another nice one Paul.

I agree with everyone else, a very novel record of Mars apparitions. Like Paul, it reminds me of a bygone age of great visual observers, Percival Lowell among others. Well done Mike.

Some really lovely images there, i Particularly like Aristarchus.

Hi  fellow  'Lunatics'.  Great image Paul, as you say, there was incredible detail on show along the terminator. Well done Mike, surprising what can be achieved using a humble mobile phone.

Another lovely image Paul, of a paper thin crescent.

Great image Neil. Have you tried counting the numerous craterlets in ptolemaeus !

Beautiful crisp image of a phase I can rarely observe from my location.

Fantastic image, especially with only a 5 inch scope.

A very nice image indeed. I was out earlier tonight with the 70mm Celestron travel scope and a Tele Vue 8mm ploss. A lovely low power view and not dissimilar to your excellent photo. 

Lovely image Paul, indeed an iconic view.  I  too managed consecutive nights observing the moon, rare these days. Superb detail along the terminator through 155mm F9 Starfire. Although seeing wobbly at high power, especially when moon above the rooftops,  numerous  craterlets visible on the floor of Clavius and much more.  Cheers  Chris.

A cracking image Paul , one of your best.  Unfortunately, it was cloudy here.

Hi Paul, a lovely crisp morning terminator, great view of Bailly.

Yes, lovely crisp images. Well done.

A lovely iconic image of first quarter moon.

Great image, especially considering tiny disc size.

Absolutely stunning image as usual.

Nice image Paul, I too was out with my 130mm Apo and had a similar view, high up in the sky the seeing was actually fairly good.

Hi  Paul,  lovely crisp image. It was very brave of you to get up in this cold weather, still snow on the ground down here at Knowles Mill.  PS.  New scope sounds good.  

Beautiful image, I cannot remember when I saw a night sky that clear, still raining here!

Hi  everyone, great thread. I purchased (or rather my father) a Charles Frank  Junior Astronomical Telescope in the early 1960's. It was basically, if I remember correctly, a long focal length 40mm refractor, with a simple objective glued into the end of a cardboard tube ! It had a fixed magnification of around 30x and provided good views of the moon but little else.  This was all for the extortionate price of  £4.19s.6d  in old money.  However, I too received a complimentary copy of the holy bible, ie, Charles Franks Book of the Telescope. I concur with others that this was a great little, almost iconic, publication.  Unfortunately, only a few years later, I lent my copy to a school friend, another budding astronomer, and sadly that was the last I saw of it.  However, about 10 years ago I managed to secure a replacement in good condition.  Thus no real harm done, just be careful who you lend your copy to, "beware astronomers bearing gifts" !    Clear Skies,    Chris.

Nice depiction, still cloudy here.

That is a lovely sketch, especially in view of Mars diminishing size.

Great rendition of one of my favourite craters.

A lovely spontaneous sketch.