Crescent Moon -- 2013-03-14

[Stargazer33]

My humble efforts from last night of the crescent Moon.

I was trying to find PANSTARRS again last night, this time using my Celestron Travelscope 70 that I bought as a guide scope for my C8.

No hope of spotting the comet, so I grabbed a few shots of the Moon at different settings to see how good the new scope is.

This is a stack of the best four (I know too few! ) frames.

Travelscope 70, 1100D, cropped and centred in PIPP, stacked in Registax 6, post processing in PS7.

[JamesF]

Well done. I must have a go at that myself. Crescent Moons in combination with clear skies seem to be quite rare these days

James

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice, especially for such a modest scope

[sologuitarist61]

Well done. I must have a go at that myself. Crescent Moons in combination with clear skies seem to be quite rare these days

James

Absolutely, could see the crescent last night but the thin cloud made it look like it was through a steamed up window, see below

[Stargazer33]

... Crescent Moons in combination with clear skies seem to be quite rare these days. James

Sadly that is too true James. Another washout this weekend!

Very nice, especially for such a modest scope

Thanks Michael! Yes I was quite pleased with the results, especially as the scope was on a photography tripod and not my normal mount. It should work really well as a guide scope for my C8.

Absolutely, could see the crescent last night but the thin cloud made it look like it was through a steamed up window

Ahh! Steamy windows! I remember youth. That thing that's wasted on the young!