First light of new telescope (300 mm)

[GreatAttractor]

The forecasts (including seeing from meteoblue) panned out and I had a nice first light session last night, testing my new ATM Newt 300/1500 mm (which I'll describe in another thread). Everything captured with PGR Chameleon 3 mono (ICX445) + Baader 610 long-pass filter, with SW 2x and Meade 3x Barlows, processed with Stackistry and ImPPG, scaled down to 80% for improved sharpness.

 

f/10:

Large mosaic of the terminator:

 

f/15:

 

[xtreemchaos]

cracking close ups mate, great firstlight ,lovely detail. well done.  thanks charl.

[Bonnylad]

That bottom pic has some imposing majesty to it. Good stuff.

[Astro Imp]

Lovely work, I really enjoyed those images, well done.

[johnfosteruk]

Lovely images, well done.

[orion25]

Great shots and great first light. What an evening  

[GreatAttractor]

Thanks, guys.

5 hours ago, orion25 said:

What an evening  

Not exactly; it was around 11:30 - 3:00

[Singlin]

Great first light, I had a similar experience last night with my first light of my Dob.

I know how you feel

[GreatAttractor]

Oh yes, the last time I moved to a larger aperture was 4 years ago (to Mak 180). Can't wait for some Jupiter work!