Mars and Moon with 127mm Mak

[Cosmic Geoff]

I was inspired by LeeHore's effort on 21 Jan to see what my 127mm Mak would do. I usually image with a 203mm SCT.

The Mars image was taken with a 127mm Celestron Mak on the SLT mount and a wood tripod, with ASI224MC camera (no ADC) and with & without a x2 Barlow.  For once, the Barlowed images came out better than the direct image. I was able to compare them directly in Photoshop after digitally enlarging the smaller image, the smaller image appearing distinctly pixellated.  Best 20% of 5000 frame video, processed with Registax6.  The image shows Mare Cimmerium etc. Angular size 8.4"

The Moon image was one of a number of images taken with the ASI224MC, full chip.  Best 25% of 1000 frames, processed with Registax6.

[Pete Presland]

Two very nice images