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1 minute ago, Ags said:

Here are the capture details: quite short sequences actually:

I note they use a water-cooled CMOS that can go up to 1000 FPS if they restrict the ROI.

I had a look at the paper and very small amount of stacked frames. I would love to see the raw images.

Technical details here:

https://sites.google.com/inaf.it/shark-vis/home

I thought upgrading to the 12" from 8" would keep me happy with the planets 😂

32 minutes ago, tomato said:

I still don't know how you manage to get these shots, they are just amazing. You have not done a You tube video by any chance?😏

Thanks. I am really trying on getting the tracking to work. No YouTube but happy to make a more detailed post on setting up, capture and processing at some point.

Will you keep the goto on your new 16" setup? If I get it to work, I am happy to share how I did it.

2 hours ago, Clarkey said:

Once again, great shots. Did you make any progress on your automatic tracking plan?

Almost there. My antivirus is killing the connection between the mount and tracking software. I just need to turn it off and try.

Excellent images and details; I really like the inverted b&w one.

Nice one Reggie. Good to see it back. I hope to have a go at it next week when I am back from USA.

Very nice. The closeup prominences is excellent.

Beautiful set of images Nigella.

Another set of northern craters from the 15/05/24. Skywatcher 300P Flextube goto,  asi462mm, IR pass 685nm, 2.5x TV powermate.

Insane amount of details. Nice processing as always.

Excellent images. The full resolution is fantastic!

Another ISS pass at 60 degrees last night. I managed a few good frames despite the so and so seeing. I need to find the time to put the whole capture in an animation, but for now some of the best frames.

Apart from the several modules, I seem to have got the canadarm2 as well! 12" Flextube Goto, asi462mm, IR pass filter, 2.5x televue powermate. Manual tracking.

Excellent animation and the prominence looks really nice and delicate.

Beautiful image! Very nicely processed.

Really nice set of images under not so good conditions.

You can either try source a skywatcher 2" tube or add a Baader clicklock adapter.

https://skywatcher.com/product/2-eyepiece-holder-for-dob-50mm/

If you are after 1.25" then

https://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/skywatcher-2-125-eyepiece-adaptor.html

1 hour ago, Mikel56 said:

That’s an impressive photograph, much better than my recent efforts.

I’m new to photographing the moon, anything in fact. Is the photograph a single shot or created from several photographs ? Is the view that which is seen in the eyepiece or enlarged in the subsequent processing?
 

I enjoyed the detail of your photograph,

Regards

Thanks Mike. This is from a 1.5min video at 135fps. I stacked 5% of 7000 frames. Then some sharpening in registax and Astrosurface. This is a crop from the full sensor and reduced to 75%.

I could see some of the details at the eyepiece too. The seeing wasn't great to pull more details and that's why I had to use the IR pass filter.

1 hour ago, Roy Foreman said:

Nicely done. I was doing the same as you last night - imaging between passing clouds and through haze. Did some close ups of major craters including copernicus. Have yet to see how well I did but your image will be a good benchmark to judge by.

It wasn't great last night. It is looking good for tomorrow but nearly full moon so hard to find features to image. Looking forward to what you got.

A quick session between passing clouds. Copernicus with a tight crop to give a closeup view. Skywatcher 300P Flextube goto,  asi462mm, IR pass 685nm, 2.5x TV powermate.

1 hour ago, bosun21 said:

Nice images Kostas. I was out at the same time with the intention of imaging the moon as well. However I should have started earlier in the fading light as the moon was just disappearing behind some trees. I need to get my actual skyline put on Stellarium ( once I find out how to do it).

Thanks Ian. We need to grab these rare imaging opportunities. The weather is looking so and so at the moment so you could give it a try with the IR pass.

To me it's a relief that I have my tracking back. I also got the new motor today but I will hold on it until I have issues again.

44 minutes ago, Mr Spock said:

Nice detail. It's a fascinating area to look at.

I agree, especially when illumination is favourable.

48 minutes ago, Astroscot2 said:

I really enjoy viewing and imaging this part of the Moon , Youve captured it well Kostas.

Was out last night also trying some closeups but the seeing was poor, tonight is my last chance to image the moon before it gets too low to image at a decent phase, swapping the newt out for the refractor this weekend for some solar imaging.

 

Mark

Thanks Mark. I have not done much imaging of this region before as I am always drawn on the craters near the centre. Looking down the eyepiece I always enjoyed this region as you can make out the ridges but I was never satisfied with the  images, but flipping to Dob view it gave me the same feeling. I think it worked well and I will revisit at some point.

Looking forward to seeing your solar images.

I captured the southern craters of the moon last night and by flipping it 180 degrees, it gives it a rather close perspective. Skywatcher 300P Flextube goto,  asi462mm, IR pass 685nm, 2.5x TV powermate.

Craters at the southern side of the moon (15/05/24). The image has been flipped 180 degrees to give a better perspective. Skywatcher 300P Flextube goto,  asi462mm, IR pass 685nm, 2.5x TV powermate.

Craters at the northern side of the moon (15/05/24). Skywatcher 300P Flextube goto,  asi462mm, IR pass 685nm, 2.5x TV powermate.