Roy Foreman

Excellent. The slimmer the crescent the more difficult it becomes to get any sort of image. You have done really well

Hi and thanks. I use the MN190 mostly for deep sky, but used it for the moon on this occasion as it was already set up in the observatory. It is one of those scopes that seems to do well at everything- refractor like image quality with the speed of a reflector. I have had many attempts at very thin crescents with some success, but not used rh MN for this as yet .

Thanks Neil. As you will know, the worse the conditions the more difficult it is to process and get decent results.

Not bad considering what you were up against. Bodes well for excellent results when and if clear dark skies return.

Nice detail in those close-ups. Great set of images.

Nice images and detail. I bet it feels good to be imaging after months of cloudy skies !

Thank you Mike, I suppose it is some small consolation to know that the current extended spell of rubbish weather is universal ! Hope you've made the most of those clear evenings and that you get some results you can share with us. Cheers Roy

I only use my C9.25 for lunar and planetary imaging, and for this it excels. Beats Skywatcher's 150ED and 180 Mak hands down. Can't speak for visual. Damien Peach has a review of it on his website, and recons it is a real GEM. Again only considering imaging, but I guess if it does this well, then it is definately not going to be mushy visually.

For me the lunar imaging season usually starts sometime in January. This year, due to continuing bad weather, it is a mid March start, but not a particularly good one. A brief window of opportunity last night enabled me to grab a few shots. No time to set up one of my usual lunar imaging scopes, so I just used what was already set up in the observatory - an Askar 130 PHQ The scope has done ok, but doesn't really gather enough light to allow short integration times, so maybe not as sharp as with my larger scopes. Anyway for what its worth, here they are :- 15% of 1500 frames - prime focus 15% of 500 frames - with Baader FFC at 3x Proplanet 642 IR filter.

Very nice.

Very pretty !

Very nice, great colour and subtlety. Is that a tiny distant galaxy I can see just to the left of the pn ?

Ouch, 4hrs dumped. That's gotta hurt. Most of my images are taken between clouds, pressing the pause button until the next break appears ! Crazy isn't it. Yes the MN190 is a great scope for everything. The star quality of a refractor with the speed of a reflector. And covers full frame with no coma corrector or field flattener required. Should have got one years ago. Good luck with the ongoing cloud war !

Nice capture. I'm in West Somerset and have had only 3 clear nights in the last 9 months. Diabolical as you rightly say. I tried the same capture as your with my MN190 but it didn't stay clear enough for long enough to get a result as good as yours. Well done.

It was from 2001 a space odicy when astronout Dave Bowman uttered the words 'My god its full of stars'. A very old film now, but something of a cult I think. Yes, Holland Hill Deep Field seems very fitting !

My god its full of galaxies, to sort of quote a famous movie line. Excellent result, nice work.

Great image and nice subtle colours. Well done.

Great first set of images. With lunar imaging you are at the mercy of the atmosphere so cannot always get the sharpness you desire. Best not to oversharpen. I ofter image just before it gets dark as the air can be more steady at that time.

From memory I think it was around 3pm, so mid afternoon. The 807 IR filter helped to darken the blue sky considerably. Glad you like my images.

Thank you. Knowing that my images give enjoyment to those who look at them is the main inspiration for taking them in the first place !

Thank you, glad you like them.

In all my years of imaging the moon I have never attempted to image it at, or near, full. These images rectify that ! I had to utilize a narrow window of opportunity between the sun setting and the clouds rolling in, a they always seem to do these days. It was hazy and very turbulent, and the moon was not that high in the sky, but hey ho, desperate times, eh ! The whole disc image is a two pane mosaic at prime focus with a Proplanet 807 IR filter. The close-ups are selective enlargements from a 12 pane mosaic using a Baader FFC set at x3, and a Proplanet 642 IR filter. Telescope was a Skywatcher MN190 Mak-Newt, and camera was a ZWO 183MM Hope they are of interest and thanks for looking.

Nice image, well done.

Thank you and yes, the IR really helps but does require longer exposure times. Glad you like my images, much appreciated.

The forecast was for cloudy skies during the evening but during the afternoon it was nice and clear, so I went for some daytime lunar imaging. I captured a few full disc images using a Proplanet 807 IR filter, then went for some magnified views using a Baader FFC set to x3 and a Proplanet 642 IR filter. But by this time the clouds were rolling in, so I was unable to complete a full disc mosaic. Telescope was a Skywatcher MN 190, and camera was ZWO 183 MM. Seeing was not the best, and thin cloud resulted in some difficult gradients, but here is what I managed to capture.