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Finally caught a clear one. Actually, last night was clear, but you know, 14-hour workdays...

Anyway, last time out with a scope was on 5 March before the zombie apocalypse broke out. Not only have the skies been incessantly cloudy, working from 0800 to 2200 hours every day isn't especially conducive to getting a telescope out. Just too exhausted.

Tonight though, a clear though moony sky corresponding with a Saturday (only 5 hours of work today).

Started the evening off cooking some hillbilly cheeseburgers. I say hillbilly because I enjoy a burger best when seared in an iron skillet, but that tends to grease up the house something fierce, so I cobbled up a hillbilly setup with an electric burner on a folding table in the backyard. I looked like a durn redneck out there frying meat in a skillet, but by golly, they were pretty darn good. :lol:

We ate those with a side of potato chips and some nice French onion dip. My wife said, "You always get too much dip."

"Yeah," I replied, "I have poor dipth perception." :D

After that mess was cleaned up, I set the AVX out in the usual spot. Unfortunately, I had some trouble finding my polar alignment divots. I found the "north" divot, but a mole had tunneled through the "west" divot. Finally found the "east" one and plunked the mount down. First-world problems...

Surprisingly, I remembered how to saddle the scope, the right extensions for the cam, and whatnot. Fired up SharpCap, acquired my target, and ran off a full-frame disk image. Satisfied with that, I added in the 2× barlow, re-focused, and captured the three panels for my mosaic. Back inside, I cranked those through AutoStakkert and Registax. After a crank through MS ICE, this is what I came up with.

Not too bad for being way out of practice.

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Re: 3-Panel Lunar, 30 May 2020

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A nice image Bryan, like the view coming in to land :)
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Man, you're making me hungry.. "dipth perception"... :lol: March 5th? Geez, and I thought I had it bad. Glad you're good and hope work eases off some for you.
Oh yeah, and great image too!! My camera died soon after all this started. Focusing and visual was a challenge....:D

Nice to hear from you my friend,
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Lady Fraktor wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 4:02 am A nice image Bryan, like the view coming in to land :)
Thanks, Gabrielle! :)
Thefatkitty wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 4:11 am Man, you're making me hungry.. "dipth perception"... :lol: March 5th? Geez, and I thought I had it bad. Glad you're good and hope work eases off some for you.
Oh yeah, and great image too!! My camera died soon after all this started. Focusing and visual was a challenge....:D

Nice to hear from you my friend,
Thanks, ol' buddy! Good to hear from you too! :)

Yeah, I forgot your camera died. That sucks big time.

I should probably still be sitting out there observing, but lately it just feels better to sit quietly in the dark and listen to the crackle and pop of the cosmic microwave background as my brain trickles out of my ears. :lol:
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bladekeeper wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 4:21 am Thanks, ol' buddy! Good to hear from you too! :)

Yeah, I forgot your camera died. That sucks big time.

I should probably still be sitting out there observing, but lately it just feels better to sit quietly in the dark and listen to the crackle and pop of the cosmic microwave background as my brain trickles out of my ears. :lol:
Sarah just came down as she was in the kitchen and heard me laughing... Showed her your response and she said "wow, Bryan sounds like you and me on a good day lately" :lol: Probably like most of us...
As for the camera, I have two of them. One I bought and one my brother in law gave me. His died; won't power on. Mine powers on but the sensor is shot... I've got nothing to lose on trying this one ;)

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Re: 3-Panel Lunar, 30 May 2020

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Brilliant image Bryan.

And inspiring too. I'm going to copy your process and have another go tonight! (If the wind drops)

Good to see you find a good slot to get back on it. Don't burn yourself out.

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Glad the skies finally cleared-up for you!

Nice image.

The moles...don't even get me started! I have one area (where I normally setup) that had tunnels so bad, the ground started collapsing in(along with both ankles) and it looks like a geographic fault line. They tunneled right beneath one of the legs on the the 10" Meade last fall (and brought it out of polar alignment). They just seem to love my lawn. Gonna need a bucket or two of dirt me thinks.
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Good sharp image you have there!
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Graeme1858 wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 9:36 am Brilliant image Bryan.

And inspiring too. I'm going to copy your process and have another go tonight! (If the wind drops)

Good to see you find a good slot to get back on it. Don't burn yourself out.

Regards

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Thank you, Graeme! :)
a100171 wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 10:57 am Glad the skies finally cleared-up for you!

Nice image.

The moles...don't even get me started! I have one area (where I normally setup) that had tunnels so bad, the ground started collapsing in(along with both ankles) and it looks like a geographic fault line. They tunneled right beneath one of the legs on the the 10" Meade last fall (and brought it out of polar alignment). They just seem to love my lawn. Gonna need a bucket or two of dirt me thinks.
Thanks Marc! :)

Yeah, the moles are pretty bad in my yard as well. I need to look into some mitigation measures. :)
bizibilder wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 11:09 am Good sharp image you have there!
Thank you Roger!
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Congratulations Bryan on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!!

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Gordon wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 5:04 pm Congratulations Bryan on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!!

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Absolutely stunning … as always, Bryan. It has been a long time. Glad to have you back posting again.
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Congratulations Bryan.

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Great Capture Bryan ! :)
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Hello Bryan. Wow, a fantastic 3 panel lunar mosaic. My screen is full of great contrast and lunar surface details. Print out and hang this one up as it is super keeper. And, I enjoyed the hillbilly cooking report too. :lol: Thanks for sharing this work with us Bryan, and congratulations on winning the TSS APOD Award today.
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Beautiful image Bryan!

Been a while and I have missed not seeing your lunar images.

You certainly haven’t lost your touch at all. Very crisp, sharp, and detailed as if you never stopped.

I know that it felt good to get out again. Pulled in an apod on your first image in months. Way to go!
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Hey, nice return to action Bryan, congrats on the APOD.
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Hankmeister3 wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 5:26 pm Absolutely stunning … as always, Bryan. It has been a long time. Glad to have you back posting again.
Thanks, Henry! It is good to be back in action! :)
Graeme1858 wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 5:32 pm Congratulations Bryan.

Regards

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Thanks, Graeme! :)
Dragonsfire wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 5:54 pm Great Capture Bryan ! :)
Thank you, Neil! :)
Makuser wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 6:34 pm Hello Bryan. Wow, a fantastic 3 panel lunar mosaic. My screen is full of great contrast and lunar surface details. Print out and hang this one up as it is super keeper. And, I enjoyed the hillbilly cooking report too. :lol: Thanks for sharing this work with us Bryan, and congratulations on winning the TSS APOD Award today.
Thanks a bunch, Marshall!
Juno16 wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 6:40 pm Beautiful image Bryan!

Been a while and I have missed not seeing your lunar images.

You certainly haven’t lost your touch at all. Very crisp, sharp, and detailed as if you never stopped.

I know that it felt good to get out again. Pulled in an apod on your first image in months. Way to go!
Thanks Jim! Might be able to give it another go this evening. We'll see if the sky holds out. :D
Greenman wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 6:55 pm Hey, nice return to action Bryan, congrats on the APOD.
Thanks, GM! :)
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It's a magnificent Moon! A wonderful image and a real winner.
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Very nice image Bryan. I am pulling the trigger on a ZWO this week (still deciding which model to get). And then I'll be off into the world of AP.
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