11-Day Moon

[JohnP]

Hadn't intended imaging last night but popped my head outside around 9'ish & it looked quite clear so I decided I'd give my new WO ZS66 SD-APO it's 'first light'. I quickly threw it on the LXD75 & did a quick alignment & then slewed to the moon. I was impressed with the view & managed to capture a single exposure through the EOS-300D before clouds rolled in....

Anyway here it is - Image is just a crop of the moon full size... I reckon that I could fit approx 7 X 5 moon diameters into full frame - i.e. FOV 3 1/2 deg by 2 1/2 deg so I'm looking forward to trying some widefield stuff down at DSC..

Cheers,  John

[Rocket Pooch]

Nice and crisp, did you sharpen it at all, or was that what it came out like?

Also how small was the moon in a full frame?

[JohnP]

Hi Chris,

Yes I sharpened a little (not much though) & adjusted curves... that was it. I captured image in raw format which is always a little soft...

Below you can see full frame - which as you know is 3072 X 2048 - Like I said above I reckon you could fit 7 X 5 moons in full frame - approx 3 1/2 deg X 2 1/2 deg...

Cheers,  John.

[Mike]

John, looks promising! I wouldn't mind a quick test shot with my SXV-H9 on that scope at DSC if I can please. I am considering getting one myself for those huge nebulaes out there and I am interested to know the FOV I would get.

[JohnP]

No Problems - I'd be interested to see results as well.... Cheers, John

[Tony G]

Lovely image John,
not that it needs enhancing but you could also do an AVI through your camera and process it through Registax, just a thought from a novice.
I'd be happy with that image whatever way

Tony G

[JohnP]

Cheers Tony, The EOS-300D doesn't have Video capture so No I couldn't - I could take multiple single frame images though & stack them in Registax if I wanted. The beauty of using the 300D is that I can take the whole moon in one shot (nice wide FOV).

Thks again,  John

[Whitters]

Nice image John