Moon - 19/04/24 ( and 20/04/24 )

[John_D]

The first decent night that I didn't have to be elsewhere for ages. I had some trouble with getting the exposure right and everything ended up too dark but I managed to salvage this one. I'm reasonably sure that it's Copernicus with Eratosthenes, Reinhold and Lansberg but my lunar geography is even worse than my terrestrial geography  

Taken with my TAL 2M, ASI120MC-S ( 2 minute video ) and processed with PIPP, AutoStakkert and Registax with some tweaking in GIMP.

Forecast for tonight is OK I think so hopefully I can have another go.

[Andy ES]

30 minutes ago, John_D said:

The first decent night that I didn't have to be elsewhere for ages

I know the feeling. It’s been very difficult over the last year to synchronise weather with family commitments, and now it’s getting lighter 😬

[John_D]

Two clear nights in a row - the weather gods must have taken the weekend off  Seeing on both nights was a little "wobbly" but, hey, we'll take what we can get.

This is the Gassendi crater and the Mare Humorum. I tried this the previous night but the exposures were way off. Second time round was better. Same capture process as for the previous night.