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Moon Sat 1 Nov 2014

Started by MarkS, Nov 05, 2014, 00:53:12

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MarkS

This is far from being my best moon - the seeing was pretty dire so the image is a bit soft even after sharpening.

Canon 600D on Celestron C11 with 0.8x TS flattener.  Mosaic of 2 parts.



Bigger version:
http://www.markshelley.co.uk/Astronomy/2014/moon20141101.jpg

The moon is always a fascinating target but I had a night of frustration with one of the dewheaters blowing fuses and finally blowing up the dew controller.  That lovely fried smell of cooked electronics!

The dewheater resistance measured zero so I stripped the dewheater completely apart and now can't find the short circuit so I'm guessing it was in the cable somewhere.

Mark

MarkH

That's really quite nice Mark, I really like the exposure level, nice detail.

Fay

im familiar with that smell Mark! :-?
It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

MarkS

A pack of 4 LED Dimmers for £10 arrived yesterday.  Just need to wire one up ...

Mark