Lunar - 8 July 2022

[Mandy D]

I suffered a ruptured eyeball a few weeks ago and last night was my first night out observing. I really wanted to test my RC6, but was struggling to find focus as it was my observing eye that got damaged and I'm still pretty much blind in it. Fortunately, the 300 mm f/4 Nikon lens auto-focusses very well on the Moon and coupled with a x2 teleconverter produces a nice large image on the D3200 sensor. If the skies stay clear I will probably give the RC another shot tonight.

[Laurieast]

Nice image, thanks for sharing.

Wishing you well, and a full recovery. 

[Mandy D]

Thank you, @Laurieast!

[knobby]

Nice moon and best wishes with the eye 🤞🏻

I've never heard of a ruptured eyeball, how did you manage that ?

[Mandy D]

@knobby, thank you. PMd a reply.

[Roy Foreman]

Ouch ! Hope your observing eye recovers soon. 20 years ago I got poked in my left eye with a twig and, although it didnt affect my sight, it does get sore sometimes. 

Nice image !

[Gonariu]

Beautiful image. Have courage and trust doctors, medicine has made great strides in every field. Hurry to heal (as we say in Sardinian) and good observations!