First afocal photos

[peterbolson]

These are my first attempts at the moon using my Canon S95 compact camera. They are single shots taken though my Skywatcher 200P Dobsonian with a Baader Hyperion 17mm lens and processed with PSE and Astra Image ( 14 day free trial - not sure whether to buy it on not )

I'm pleased enough to want to continue & hopefully when the moon reappears & the weather improves to take some more so I'd be grateful for any advice on how to improve and any ideas as to what else I can do with this set up. As I can't track it looks as if the moon moves too fast to take multiple images for stacking. or am I wrong about this ?

Many thanks

Peter

[KevG]

Those are incredibly crisp & sharp images, more so considering they are a-focal, well done

[Steve 1962]

I second KevG's comments - cracking images Peter - well done!

[Luke]

I second KevG's comments - cracking images Peter - well done!

Ditto!

Well done Peter, seriously impressive first afocal shots!

[todd8137]

i take lots of images with my dob with no probs i can take 100 pics at a fast speed ,no probs and stack them registax and all those types that are free

[peterbolson]

Hi Todd

I only managed to get 4 shots of an almost full moon at 1/100 sec before it drifted out of the field. DSS wouldn't stack these, I think because it could detect no stars. So how do you do it ?

Peter

And thanks to everyone for the kind comments. But I still want to know how to improve

[Telrad]

These are great shots Peter, especially given that they're afocal. I especially like the second picture. Well done!