Moonfest

[johnfosteruk]

That's right ladies and gentlebeans, all of your Lunar needs here. I had a lot of clear yesterday and got some nice daytime shots, some in the evening, barlow shots and a conjunction too. Happy happy days.

First an afternoon moon, playing around with filters for contrast. This affects the colour but I think I still like it:

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Mono

 

Then a close up of the southern highlands with barlow.

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Next I had the kids little 70mm Bresser frac out after midnight for the Moon/Jove conjunction. While it was there I grabbed 100 frames to stack. It's not bad, seems well corrected for a cheap plastic tube.

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Clouds came in before the Moon and Jove were close enough to fit in the same FOV fully but this'll do. Single frame.

 

Some annotations and an aerial view.

[steppenwolf]

Excellent - the daytime Moon has worked out well too - I am always amazed at how well these bright sky lunar images can collect so much detail.

[johnfosteruk]

Thanks Steve. I love the moon in daylight. Even without filters you can get a lot of detail as in the Barlow shot. Don't know why all you deep sky boys and girls bother there's so much to see closer to home.

 

[David Smith]

Great set John. How do you do the annotations?

[steppenwolf]

8 minutes ago, johnfosteruk said:

Don't know why all you deep sky boys and girls bother there's so much to see closer to home.

Now don't get me started on that old chestnut

[johnfosteruk]

6 minutes ago, steppenwolf said:

Now don't get me started on that old chestnut

That's why I said it  but don't worry once the mortgage is settled I'll be splurging on some deep sky imaging gear I'm sure!

7 minutes ago, David Smith said:

Great set John. How do you do the annotations?

The lunar terminator visualisation tool David. Calibrate the image with two 'registration' points and it takes care of the rest. See:

 

[Rodd]

On 6/4/2017 at 07:54, johnfosteruk said:

Thanks Steve. I love the moon in daylight. Even without filters you can get a lot of detail as in the Barlow shot. Don't know why all you deep sky boys and girls bother there's so much to see closer to home.

 

Now that is a lot of info--well put together, like an encyclopedia.  Regarding the deep sky stuff--Some of us are afflicted with the wander lust--kind of like Crocodile Dundee and his "walk-a-bouts".  I once met a man who had never left the hamlet of West Fleetham 

[AstroKane]

Really nice John - Really getting the most out of that LTVT, I have now downloaded it but haven't had chance to play about yet.

[johnfosteruk]

11 hours ago, Rodd said:

Now that is a lot of info--well put together, like an encyclopedia.  Regarding the deep sky stuff--Some of us are afflicted with the wander lust--kind of like Crocodile Dundee and his "walk-a-bouts".  I once met a man who had never left the hamlet of West Fleetham 

Thanks Rodd, that's kind of what I'm doing with my lunar imaging, a reference for my observing so you've hit the nail on the head.

I love wandering the deep sky stuff myself mate but mainly visual at the moment, my time will come though. I was just winding Steve up  I can't imagine an entire life lived in West Fleetham though.

[johnfosteruk]

10 hours ago, AstroKane said:

Really nice John - Really getting the most out of that LTVT, I have now downloaded it but haven't had chance to play about yet.

It certainly is a very useful tool.

[Tony G]

 Love the exposure time on the second mono full res is really cool and it fades on my monitor perfect. Thats cool stuff.