The Moon - 1st March

[jgs001]

The moon from last night. C80ED on a camera tripod, 450d and 2xTC, whilst it was clear last night, my back was bad so didn't wan't to risk carting the HEQ5 out, so just settled on these.

And trying it the other way round

[philsail1]

Nice effort John - considering your back ache too!

Bad backs instantly take away your "quality of life!"

Hope you feel better soon.

Regards,

philsail1

[Nick Smith]

Good that you managed to get out there John

Its the best time of year to view the cresent Moon in the evening and you captured it nicely.

Regards

Nick

[crepitis]

Great pics John, the weather here last night was poor, but I had a look outside about 8:30 pm and there was a fair bit of clear sky. I toyed with the idea of getting the 'scope out of the shed, but went for my 7x50 Binos instead, Moon looked fantastic, also good view of Orion nebula, but my attempts to spot the elusive comet were in vain due to cloud cover.

Your pics at least let me see how the moon would have looked had I dragged the scope out, needless to say the clear skies only lasted 15 minutes or so.

[jgs001]

Thanks guys. I'm a sucker for clear skies and the moon. I couldn't let it go without attempting something. It's all light enough, like this, about 4 Kg that I can move it about.