Three Familiar Galaxies M81, M82 and M51 on a Moonlit Night

[Bill S]

The other night was a rather bright Moon so not the best for looking at faint galaxies. I was having a bit of a go with LRGB in Jocular and left my focal reducer off to make inward travel of the focuser easier with the filter wheel. I had a bit of look at some old favourites. As I say the telescope had the focal reducer removed so it was actually f/5 and not what it says in the snapshots.

 

 

 

Of course looking well away from the Moon helped with the sky-glow but there was a bit moisture in the air making things a bit worse. The sky was about 17 sqm thanks to the Moon and moisture.

 

 

[Mike JW]

Well worth using bright moonlit for a bit of experimenting.

Mike