Mandy D

Very nice! This is one of my favorite regions of the Moon.

Penn and Teller explained how illusions of this type are done, a very long time ago. The audience is outside on a set with the "magician", curtains are pulled around the set and the whole set is rotated slowly enough that the audience does not feel a thing. I presume there is a fixed roof over the set to prevent the nosy ones from looking up at the sky as the delusion is performed. When the curtains are drawn back, the Moon is gone (behind them and concealed by curtains). Watch the compass on your mobile phone as he performs the delusion, if you are at the event, and you will see the rotation of the stage! He will probably also cover any vibrations and the small acceleration of the set with some loud, dramatic music containing low notes that you feel. Of course, any flat-Earthers in the audience will be flung from the set as it rotates, due to their imagined humungous acceleration!

Tonight is my last night in Fuerteventura, so probably the last time I will see the Moon for a while. Phase is 88% waning and, despite thin cloud, it is quite sharp.

I looked into this last year for work being carried out on my property and it appears that you are not permitted to dig down further than 100 mm without planning consent, other than for gardening where there does not appear to be a limit. I've never heard of anyone actually following this requirement, other than when full planning applications are submitted.

30 October 2023, 95% waning Moon.

Just remember, you can always rotate the camera in the focuser to view the erect image.

Presumably, you will be hiring a car to transport your kit on the island, so you could consider using the battery on that for power. I would hire a diesel vehicle with manual transmission, if possible, for the larger battery. Also, keep an eye on the power drain and perhaps run the engine for a while during a long session. Also, park on a hill, facing downwards, then if the worst does happen and you have a flat battery you can bump start a manual vehicle.

Moon, 98% waning.

I set out to image the moonrise over the sea today, in Fuerteventura, but cloud over the horizon prevented me from seeing the Moon. Eventually, it rose higher into thinner cloud and gradually began to put in an appearance. I started imagaing as soon as the cloud began to brighten to ensure that I would capture it's first appearance. The end result looks rather more like a sunrise than a moonrise, but is better than nothing.

The full Moon and Jupiter setting over Fuerteventura, the morning after the eclipse. The second image has five moons in it, Luna, Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto.

Thanks, Geoff!

Tonight's photos of the full Moon, taken prior to the start of the eclipse. I'll post eclipse photos in a new thread. As you can see, it started out quite cloudy. It did clear later just after the umbral eclipse began.

I managed to view most of the umbral eclipse up to the maximum, here in Fuerteventura, but then the clouds got in the way, so I gave up. I had quite a few people showing interest in what I was doing and some took photographs through my camera viewfinder. This is the last picture I took of the eclipse.

I have often wondered just how horrible (or not) a telescope would result from using one of those! 😁

Superb results and the 200P performing brilliantly once again!

98% phase and one day to the partial eclipse.

Now approaching full phase, the Moon is still sharp but giving less than a few nights ago. Tonight's image shows 95% phase. Focusing was a problem again tonight due to the Moon's altitude and this image was from my second run which achieved best focus.

Not quite as sharp as on previous nights, but I think that is my fault, as the Moon is now much higher when I am imaging and I am struggling to see the screen on my camera. 88% full, tonight.

Multiple exposure image of a satellite passing near the Moon as seen from Fuerteventura.

Here is tonight's Moon. Again, clear skies with just a few small clouds to dodge, but nothing serious. The sky was still light when I took this set of images.

I can imagine there are some great dark sky spots, but sadly I am not driving at present so we are pretty much stuck to the area around our accommodation and it is very light polluted, so the Moon is my only target, as Jupiter is too small at 600 mm FL. We had some fabulous dark skies in Gran Canarias, several years ago.

Thanks! It's been great having clear skies every night. We're at Caleta de Fuste.

Very nice! Looks like it was worth the drive.

In my experience with a 2 inch 2x one, they change it significantly for imaging. I had to add another 50 mm of extensions to my RC6 to achieve focus. On my 200P, I am able to pull it out 25 mm and rack the focuser out sufficiently to use it photographically, but it's not ideal.

Tonight's Moon from Fuerteventura is a single image as captured by the D800 at 600 mm FL. Absolutely no post-processing has been applied other than cropping. @Xilman I can see why your observatory is not far from here! The skies are just amazing.