Copernicus 29th May

[Roy Foreman]

Still processing data from the last five clear nights, but I thought this selective enlargement of Copernicus was good enough to post.

Celestron C9.25 XLT

ZWO ASI 183MM

Pro Planet 642 IR filter

30% of 2000 frames at 19 fps.

 

 

[Peter Drew]

I agree.      🙂

[Roy Foreman]

12 minutes ago, Peter Drew said:

I agree.      🙂

So glad you do. Thank you Peter 

[glafnazur]

that's excellent 👍 

[Roy Foreman]

14 minutes ago, glafnazur said:

that's excellent 👍 

Thank you. It's certainly a best for me so far.

[Alan White]

That's great, thank you for sharing, super image

[Peter_D]

Superb image! Really like it.

[neil phillips]

Nice capture Roy. Showing good detail. Btw how many excellent scopes do you have. ?

[Roy Foreman]

7 hours ago, neil phillips said:

Nice capture Roy. Showing good detail. Btw how many excellent scopes do you have. ?

Neil, as a collector I have about 35 scopes.  It has taken many years. The C9.25 is my most recent acquisition and for lunar is proving to be the sharpest of them all,  besting the skymax 180, 150mm ED, 10" Cass,  16" Newt, and completely trashing the 8" Edge. Its reputation is well deserved. 

I am experimenting with using field flattener to get a wider flat field. Initial results look encouraging.

[neil phillips]

2 hours ago, Roy Foreman said:

Neil, as a collector I have about 35 scopes.  It has taken many years. The C9.25 is my most recent acquisition and for lunar is proving to be the sharpest of them all,  besting the skymax 180, 150mm ED, 10" Cass,  16" Newt, and completely trashing the 8" Edge. Its reputation is well deserved. 

I am experimenting with using field flattener to get a wider flat field. Initial results look encouraging.

Wow. I had about 6 or 7 at one point. I get the thing of beauty. Each different with there own character. Those C9.25s do have a reputation, Don't think I've ever seen a bad image from one.  If there's one scope i would replace my 8" Stella lyra with.  It would be that scope. Though i am happy with my baby CC its really a sharp lunar scope. Its forte  no question. Hope to see more from your Celestron Roy. Its a lovely capture again 

[Roy Foreman]

Thanks Neil. Yes it really is an impressive scope. But if your CC images are anything to go by then my 10" CC should do really well, once I get the collimation sorted.

[Gonariu]

Very beatiful!!!

[Roy Foreman]

10 hours ago, Gonariu said:

Very beatiful!!!

Thank you, glad you like the image.

[chiltonstar]

Very nice detail!

Chris

[Roy Foreman]

11 hours ago, chiltonstar said:

Very nice detail!

Chris

Thank you Chris