Supermoon - July 2022

[Mandy D]

Last night's Supermoon was my first chance to try out my newly acquired Skywatcher 200P. Unfortunately, the collimation was so far off, the telescope could not even bring an image into it's field of view, so I spent yesterday afternoon learning how to properly collimate a reflector! Thankfully, a cheshire was included with it! I only got 18 minutes for imaging, but the telescope proved itself quite nicely, although I'm sure focussing could be a touch better. The D800 made the telescope a bit front heavy, but the mount handled it well after tightening it. All photography was at a site near Chatsworth House in the Derbyshire Peak District. As we were leaving, I spotted Jupiter and Saturn rising, but with everything packed up they will have to wait for another night. Now, if only I can get similarly sharp images from my iOptron RC6!

Edited July 14, 2022 by Mandy D
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