A few more from last night

[RobertM]

Jupiter, I think I need much more sampling for this ?



The Eastern edge of Mare Nubium with the large crater Ptolemaeus and Rupes recta (ridge):



A heavily cratered area of the moon including the craters Clavius and Tycho:



Region centred on Sinus Aestuum including Copernicus and Eratosthenes:



Note to self - must check the histograms for saturation !

Some if these are rotated for which I'm blaming Flickr - it doesn't seem to rotate the base image !

Robert

[MarkS]

An excellent set of images.  The moon shots look particularly good.

Mark

[Fay]

You are really doing some good work already with your new scope Robert!

Note to oneself.....get my finger out!

Fay

[RobertM]

Thank you.

I tried Jupiter again last night but the seeing was very turbulent.

Robert

[JohnP]

looks like your enjoying your new scope robert. has to be less hassle than deep sky stuff...

[The Thing]

Those images look great. You probably need some sort of PowerMate to get a good image scale on Jupiter or other planets but this scope would capture the Mercury transit really nicely if you have a big bit of Baader film. Nice scope, it's got me looking at Newts again.

[RobertM]

Thanks John/Duncan.

I was using a x2 barlow, I'd tried my x5 Powermate but the conditions just weren't good enough.  A x3 or x4 might be better and give me about 3.5-4.5m focal length or alternatively go for smaller pixels.  I really need a site away from all this central heating... sigh !

Newts are great Duncan but they are BIG - mine is two and a half times the length of a C11 and half (at least) as much weight again - no wonder SC's are so popular !

Robert

[MarkS]

Newts are great Duncan but they are BIG

The ones living in our pond aren't that big.

Mark

[Fay]

You really have changed tack, now Robert. I think planets, Moon have become fashionable, looking on the internet. it is a nice change