MAY 31ST - COPERNICUS AND CLAVIUS - 69.9%, 9.17 DAYS

[paulastro]

I had a session with the SW 120ED between 9.30 pm and 11.20 pm, seeing variable but some good seeing at times.  Copernicus was magnificent and I spent some time exploring the immediate vicinity.  It's a great area for looking  to see what fine detail you can pick out.  Longomontanus and Clavius were also well placed.  Below is a single frame and a couple of crops taken with my Olympus E-M5 Mk11.  They give an idea what it was like, but the detail using the binoviewer with Orthoscopics through the 120 was much better, using around x300 at better moments.

 

[mikeDnight]

Really nice images Paul!  Sometimes it's hard to imagine how much better a view can get, but as you say, the view through the binoviewer really is "much better".

Although there was a lot to see last night, I spent a lot of my time just concentrating on the terracing and floor of Copernicus. I didn't bother with high powers as the view at only 128X was magnificent enough. I may have moved up to 178X but no higher. It was glorious!

[paulastro]

Thanks Mike.  The view with the binoviewers was quite stunning, MUCH better than my snaps, particularly on Copernicus, it really was quite something - but then of course you are quite aware of this.  It's one reason why I have decided to post my lunar observations in this forum rather then the lunar imaging.  I don't consider myself an imager, but an observer who takes snaps to give anyone reading it an inkling of what I was observing - or at least a shadow of it 🙂

[BRADLEY 1953]

Hi  Paul,   very nice shots as usual. I managed about  20 minutes viewing with the 130 mm APO, before the proverbial trees got in the way again !  However the seeing was fairly good, and Copernicus looked superb.  Cheers  Chris.

[paulastro]

Many thanks Chris, I'm glad you had a good view, even if it was rather cut short.