Moon - 84% Waxing

[Mandy D]

I set up the 200P and Nikon D800, just after 6 p.m. but the Moon clouded over before I could get a single image, or even focus the telescope! I couldn't be bothered to bring it in, so I left until about 21:45, at which point the Moon was visible, desp[ite clouds moving across it, so I set the camera up again and started grabbing frames. At 22:06, I got a single frame that was almost worth processing, but having no idea I'd got it at the time, I carried on for another couple of minutes until the Moon was covered by impenetrable cloud and no prospect of clearing any time soon, so I packed up. I couldn't get anything to stack, so I processed the single frame in GIMP, converting to B&W, dropping out the blue channel entirely, applying sharpening, adjusting curves and almost have an acceptable image. Given the appalling conditions, I'm quite happy with my first Moon image in more than a month.

 

Edited March 20 by Mandy D
Wrong image

[neiil phillips]

Hi Mandy. The amount of times I've had clear skies While cooling. As soon as I press record. Bang the image dims. I look up. You guessed it. Nice one for persevering and getting a image