Lunar crater Atlas, 2012 December 30
I used here the same setup on the C-14 that I’ve been using for imaging Jupiter (as it is easier not to change it): the 3x Barlow and Flea 3. Seeing was not good. This is through an IR filter. The...
View ArticleThe Moon, 2012 December 29
I though I’d use a different method for imaging the Moon on this occasion. Attaching my Lumenera SkyNYX 2-0 camera (now superseded on C-14 for planetary duties) to an 80mm f7.5 ED refractor at prime...
View ArticleThe Moon 2013 January 22
Here’s another in my series of whole Moon portraits (or visible part of the Moon anyway) assembled from SkyNYX webcam images through 80mm f7.5. This is the Moon aged 10.1 days, the phase that gives the...
View ArticleThe Moon 2013 January 25
Here’s today’s Moon portrait. 12.8 days, Schickard and Hevelius near the terminator. Some higher-res shots coming soon. (Click to enlarge)
View ArticleThe Moon 2013 February 19
I went a bit mad with imaging the Moon on this night, doing it with three different cameras and telescopes. So I did my usual whole Moon with the 80mm refractor, but I also made this redundant by...
View ArticleLunar images 2014 September 09 & 11
On the 9th seeing was not too good, but this image does show up some of the clefts in Hevelius and the irregular dome in Grimaldi. The vague gash extending from Riccioli away from the terminator is...
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