Waning Lunar Crescent - 15th May

[Roy Foreman]

At 8am this morning I was in the garden, weeding.  Then I saw the waning crescent moon fairly high in the sky.  Off came the gardening gloves !

It was a bit hazy, so I opted to use my Skywatcher 150 ED refractor for hopefully higher contrast.

Camera was an ASI 183mm teamed up with a Proplanet 807 IR filter.

Processing was tough, trying to get rid of the haze, but I'm reasonably happy with the results, considering the conditions.

As always, thanks for looking.

 

 

[mikeDnight]

They are truly beautiful images Roy. I'd be very proud if I'd managed to get results like that. 🏆

[Roy Foreman]

59 minutes ago, mikeDnight said:

They are truly beautiful images Roy. I'd be very proud if I'd managed to get results like that. 🏆

Thank you for your kind words, and glad you like the images - it makes all the hard work worthwhile to know others appreciate them.

[maw lod qan]

Wonderful Lunar images!

[Roy Foreman]

6 hours ago, maw lod qan said:

Wonderful Lunar images!

Thank you, glad you like them.

[neil phillips]

Didn't know the moon was around. Good snatch Roy. That refractor must be nice to use. Had a 5" Achro, but not in that league 

[Roy Foreman]

Thanks Neil. Yes that SW 150 ED is a real beauty. Very sharp, no CA, covers a full frame sensor, and a real match for the Skymax 180.  It's only downside is it is very long and unwieldy, but that's just physics!