March 24th Celestron 114 power seeker

[neil phillips]

Obviously i need a mono camera. But boy does this little old scope deliver. Persistently avoided increasing focal length. Because capturing by pushing the EQ2 around by hand ( no handset ) And the economy RA drive has way too much drift.  But clearly those problems aside, the little scope is surprising. One wonders what it could do on a decent mount and drive. As i am also limited on the amount of frames i can capture because of the extreme motor drift. Hoping to get a bigger mount relatively soon

But prime focus for the mosaic. And a 2x Celestron Omni Barlow. Drizzle 1.5 Autostakkert for the closer shots

 

Edited March 26, 2021 by neil phillips

[lunator]

Neil

Well done, very good given the limitation of the mount. I started with the 114 powerseeker it was a good scope to start with.

Cheers

Ian

[Tim Fowler]

That's some lovely Moon images! 

[neil phillips]

Thanks guys. Hope there is someone starting out, that doesnt have the best equipment. Or doesnt have a big budget to do lunar imaging. Can see whats possible with very modest equipment. Hope it inspires them to try themselves. Its really been therapeutic. Having to sheild for so long. Something positive to focus on. That ive always loved. 

But now going full circle and starting again weirdly. I believe the struggling will pay dividends when i get my Orion 10" running again with a mono cam

Found my love for astronomy and lunar imaging again i think. Its been a wonderful feeling. Have loved sharing that with Everyone on SGL 

Cheers

[neil phillips]

Just trying experiments with reduced frames. More careful process, not sure if its better worse or just different ?

Reduced the saturation a touch

 

 

 

 

Edited March 28, 2021 by neil phillips