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First moon of the year: 2020/01/05

Last post by Juno16 « Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:17 pm
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by Michael Barbieri » Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:31 pm

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Hi to all!

After 2 months of bad weather in Italy im be able to did some moon images. The weather conditions of night was good but the seeing not so...

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Amazing lunar images Michael!

Congratulations on the APOD!

Jim

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Last post by Juno16
Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:17 pm
Beginning - first fotos

Last post by UlteriorModem « Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:53 pm
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by Sebushka » Sun Jan 12, 2020 8:25 pm

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I love visual observation, but astrophotography is a pain!
Here my baby steps:

Afocal projections with my crappy smartphone:

New bresser camera...

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Small steps, lots of patience, lots of study, and a deep wallet is all that is needed :D

Thanks for sharing your start with us :)

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Last post by UlteriorModem
Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:53 pm
Old school scope for this lunar image

Last post by bladekeeper « Sun Jan 12, 2020 3:48 am
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by Kanadalainen » Sat Jan 11, 2020 4:51 am
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Jan 10, 2020

I arrived home around 1900 and cooked up some pickerel fillets for my family, along with some salad and baked potatoes. Yum, tasty and...

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Nicely done, Ian!
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Last post by bladekeeper
Sun Jan 12, 2020 3:48 am
Stellarvue vs. Celestron Shoot-out!

Last post by JayTee « Sun Jan 12, 2020 2:43 am
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by bladekeeper » Mon Nov 18, 2019 3:58 pm
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:lol:

Not really a shoot-out...that'd be like bringing a knife to a gunfight. I wouldn't want to embarrass the Stellarvue like that. :lol:...

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Is it premature to go: Wooo Hooo cheap scopes rule!!! :dance: :clap: :banana-dreads: :character-beavisbutthead: :happy-cheerleaderkid:

Cheers,
JT...
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Last post by JayTee
Sun Jan 12, 2020 2:43 am
Tonight's Lunar Play

Last post by Hankmeister3 « Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:17 am
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by bladekeeper » Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:45 am

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Clear again and a brighter Moon.

I configured the SV102T once again for lunar imaging (ASI174MC and a RACI finder scope).

All video captures where...

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Bryan, you certainly have a natural gift for lunar imaging. The clarity of lunar features you capture are sometimes startling! You make it look so...

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Last post by Hankmeister3
Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:17 am
7 January 2020 - One More Before...

Last post by bladekeeper « Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:40 pm
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by bladekeeper » Wed Jan 08, 2020 2:56 am

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Should be my last one for a few days (thank goodness, right? :D ).

Wednesday is bringing very low humidity and very high winds. We will be under a...

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Wow, nice composition. Incredible detail. I would like to hear more about the magic behind that (composition and stitching images). 8-)

Ian...

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Last post by bladekeeper
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:40 pm
Tonight's Moon 1/8/2020

Last post by ProfEclipse « Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:13 am
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by BigKahuna » Thu Jan 09, 2020 2:49 am

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This is tonight's Moon using my 6 C6N Newtonian on my Celestron AVX Mount. 32 images 1/500 seconds ISO 200. Stacked in Registax and processed in Gimp

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I’ve had the scope/mount for a couple of years and am quite happy with them. I’ve had the camera and autoguider for about a year, but due to real...

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Last post by ProfEclipse
Thu Jan 09, 2020 4:13 am
6 january 2020 Sinus Iridum, Gassendi and Philolaus with 625mm and QHY5-III 178 M

Last post by ProfEclipse « Wed Jan 08, 2020 5:05 pm
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by Luc CATHALA » Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:47 am

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Hello
First of all my best wishes for this new year.
For a few minutes despite the turbulence at times fine details were visible. AS3 and Registax6...

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Very nice, Luc!

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Last post by ProfEclipse
Wed Jan 08, 2020 5:05 pm
6 January 2020 6-Panel Mosaic

Last post by Don Quixote « Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:32 pm
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by bladekeeper » Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:15 am

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Clear all day today. Nary a cloud to be seen, no gossamer wisp of vapor to be had.

I got home as twilight was deepening and quickly got the AVX set...

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Another one for my favorites list Bryan !
Good show !

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Last post by Don Quixote
Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:32 pm
Moon Jan. 6th

Last post by Mac « Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:43 pm
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by Mac » Tue Jan 07, 2020 12:00 am

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Tonight's Moon

The evil orb was nice and steady. Click to see full size.

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Beautiful lunar images Steve!

Are the single frames, or stacked?

Thanks,
Jim

Thanks Jim, there are 20 images stacked in Photoshop and edited in...

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Last post by Mac
Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:43 pm
Schiller and Aristarchus

Last post by bladekeeper « Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:58 am
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by MrShorty » Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:17 am

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It has been a rough winter for viewing, but tonight was mostly clear for once and the moon was hitting my eye like a big pizza pie, so I took a shot...

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Nice! Schiller is fun. The first time my mother spotted it in one of my lunar images she said I didn't know the Moon had a dent in it? :lol:

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Last post by bladekeeper
Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:58 am
First Lunar Photos

Last post by bigfish « Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:24 am
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by bigfish » Fri Jan 03, 2020 6:00 am

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This is our very first attempt at taking Lunar pictures.
Smartphone mounted on an Orion SkyView Pro 8 EQ, 1.25 x 25mm eyepiece and a 13% Moon...

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Thanks everyone. I can't wait to start experimenting more!

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Last post by bigfish
Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:24 am
The Moon on 6 January

Last post by Don Quixote « Mon Jan 06, 2020 2:27 pm
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by Piet Le Roux » Mon Jan 06, 2020 9:19 am

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This is my first attempt at stacking : 8 LX90ACF, 0.5 GSO 2 focal reducer and XT100 fuji X . I stacked 5 RAW frames with Sequator.
I am surprised...

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This is very nice, Piet.
The stack turned out very well.
Thank you.

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Last post by Don Quixote
Mon Jan 06, 2020 2:27 pm
An interesting comparison...

Last post by bladekeeper « Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:44 pm
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by bladekeeper » Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:00 am

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Back in September, Explore Scientific was running a sale on eyepieces and accessories. They had their 2× focal extenders reduced in price. I whupped...

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Maybe the extended exposure of the Synta is what threw everyone off?
Could you maybe get a shot with the same settings which should give a clearer...

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Last post by bladekeeper
Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:44 pm
One from tonight...

Last post by bobharmony « Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:27 am
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by bladekeeper » Sun Jan 05, 2020 2:59 am

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A 6-panel mosaic using a 3× focal extender in front of my ASI174MC. Manual eyeball focus. I pulled that darn auto-focuser off after trying last...

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Crisp, but natural. You have found Balance, Grasshopper!

Bob

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Last post by bobharmony
Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:27 am
Moon Taken with Skywatcher 80ed with dslr

Last post by Don Quixote « Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:22 pm
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by andrewsscope » Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:50 am

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Hi all I took this image of the moon in 2nd of December with my Skywatcher 80ed and a dslr attached.I thought I would share the image.Thanks for...

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This is nice, Andy.
Thank you for posting.

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Last post by Don Quixote
Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:22 pm
Moon 03/01/20

Last post by bladekeeper « Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:03 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:45 am

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The Moon from last night. Focussed by eye!

Two images stitched in ICE. Inverted, rotated and sharpened in Paint.net.

Regards

Graeme

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Thanks Bryan

I've seen the wavelet sharpening whilst using Registax for stacking but I haven't really studied it. At the risk of appearing a bit...

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Last post by bladekeeper
Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:03 pm
Moon with a Celestron 80mm travelscope

Last post by jrkirkham « Sun Jan 05, 2020 10:20 pm
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by andrewsscope » Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:51 pm

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Hi all I bought a Celestron travelscope 80mm to take camping for this year,I took this image of the moon using my Canon 550d camera and a tripod as a...

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Thanks for posting. It looks like you did well. I once had a lot of fun duplicating Galileo's experiments with a small refracting scope on a tripod....

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Last post by jrkirkham
Sun Jan 05, 2020 10:20 pm
First photos with my Nexstar 8SE

Last post by Thefatkitty « Sun Jan 05, 2020 9:53 pm
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by Kerry C. » Sun Jan 05, 2020 1:47 am

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Okay, I hope you are not tired of newbies posting their first photos...but I am going to do it anyway. :shock: You have to start somewhere, right?
So...

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Oh wow, what a great tip!! I will make sure I do this on my next viewing/photo taking adventure.
Thank you...

My pleasure :D It's funny, I have a...

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Last post by Thefatkitty
Sun Jan 05, 2020 9:53 pm
Moon with National Geographic 70 mm and iPhone 5

Last post by helicon « Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:34 pm
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by mikemarotta » Sat Jan 04, 2020 12:17 pm

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This took three hours over three nights to figure out how to do it and get it this close to right. 32 mm ocular, so 22X.
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Nice work, especially with a phone. This is something I have never tried, but perhaps I should.

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Last post by helicon
Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:34 pm
4 Day Old Moon

Last post by SKEtrip « Sun Jan 05, 2020 4:27 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Tue Dec 31, 2019 6:19 pm

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Took some 4 day old Moon pictures whilst waiting for Orion to ascend. Two images stitched using MS Ice.

Regards

Graeme

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Graeme - great moon shot & congratulations!

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Last post by SKEtrip
Sun Jan 05, 2020 4:27 pm
Made an effort for the end of the year.

Last post by Don Quixote « Fri Jan 03, 2020 6:17 am
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by StarGazer45 » Tue Dec 31, 2019 7:34 pm

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Happy new year everybody! :text-happynewyear:

I spent 2 and a half hours (new personal best :lol: ) in the cold taking dozens of shots of the moon,...

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This is your beginning. Do not be ashamed of it. It is a gift to you to enjoy and take pride. It is good!
You will make many more post. You will...

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Last post by Don Quixote
Fri Jan 03, 2020 6:17 am
Badly Focused 3-Panel Mosaic, 14 November 2019

Last post by Kerry C. « Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:14 pm
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by bladekeeper » Fri Nov 15, 2019 4:49 am
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Made this one this evening. Meh.

As I was leaving work around 1800 hrs., I noticed a very bright Venus just above the southwestern horizon with a...

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Wow, now that is a way cool photo! I am so excited with anticipation for when I will be able to take photos such as this.
So much for me to learn and...
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Last post by Kerry C.
Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:14 pm
Moon Shot from 12/30/19

Last post by Don Quixote « Wed Jan 01, 2020 6:06 pm
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by Ed217 » Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:28 am

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Moon shot from Monday 12/30 about 6:37 PM. Was first attempt with a new D5600 and had over exposure issues. Some editing fixed some of that. We live...

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Very nice !
Happy New Year !

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Last post by Don Quixote
Wed Jan 01, 2020 6:06 pm
Managed to get a waxing crescent

Last post by UlteriorModem « Tue Dec 31, 2019 1:37 am
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by StarGazer45 » Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:13 pm

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Imaged with a Cubot phone and a 76/350 reflector:

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It's Beautiful :D

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Last post by UlteriorModem
Tue Dec 31, 2019 1:37 am

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