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[Imaging] M105's Lunar Occultation


Should I try to image this occultation?  

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  1. 1. What do you think?

    • Tried it before and it won't result in anything worthwhile.
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    • I've done this before and am happy with the results.
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    • Do it! Even if you fail, you can show us how bad the results are and we'll commiserate collectively.
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    • It sounds so silly and foolhardy that you'd just be wasting your time.
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    • My crystal ball says you're going to have clouds that night. As is tradition.
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A couple of weeks from now the Moon is going to occult M105:

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And that got me thinking about what are some of the techniques that one could employ to image this phenomenon?

Clearly a single camera can't handle the fact that the Moon is just going to drown everything out. But what about having a lunar rig (Mak + planetary camera) do the Moon imaging while a DSO rig (Refractor + cooled DSO camera) chips away at M105 as it clears the Moon?

Could one then combine the two resulting images to [sort of] match reality?

Would even the best lunar glow / light pollution filters be able to cope with imaging a mag. 9 galaxy like M105 so close to the Moon?

Curious if anyone's tried anything like this before with and especially without success. 🤔

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