Moon attempt - 6th November.

[Roy Foreman]

It was a bit of a long shot. Heavy rain, then a clear patch, then more rain.  I tried imaging in the clear bits but what finally thwarted me was dew.  Not on the outside - a hair drier (essential astro accessory) took care of that, but on the inside of the corrector plate and on the mirror.  It gets so damp these days that everything in the observatory is dripping wet, even in the day time.  the scope is now indoors drying out with a desiccant cap etc.

Anyway, this is what I managed to capture before the dreaded dew !

 

Vital stats :-

Celestron C9.25 XLT

Skywatcher CQ350 mount

ZWO ASI 183MM plus Proplanet 642 IR filter.

50% of 2000 frames at 19fps and gain 100

Processed in Autostakkert and Photoshop.

These are done at prime focus and cropped, no amplifying lenses used, so may be a little grainy.

 

Thanks for looking.