3-Panel Lunar, 15 November 2019

[bladekeeper]

Last night was the last night of work for the next 9 days. It was nicely clear though the Moon would be casting her aspersions all night long. I waited until she hit the 30° mark in altitude.

I had the SV102T sitting on the AVX with the ASI174MC installed. This time I had my insulated coveralls on so I could sit there in comfort and play with my automatic focuser without getting chilled. I did much better this time.

Here is the mosaic right after Autostakkert, Registax, and ICE:

20191115 22_26_46_g4_ap110_stitch by Bryan Gabbard, on Flickr

Here it is again after the StarTools color balance. Overall ok, but the crater rims on the right-hand side are a bit gilded.

I may run it back through and back off the saturation a bit.

20191115 22_26_46_g4_ap110_stitch v3 by Bryan Gabbard, on Flickr

After the panels for the mosaic were captured, I swapped out the SV102T for the C6-R and the ASI174MC for the ASI120MM-S. Just goofing around. I ran off three frames with this scope/cam combo and cranked the data through ICE for a 3-panel of a much smaller area on the lunar surface.

20191115 22_51_52_g4_ap75_stitch by Bryan Gabbard, on Flickr

After that, I packed up. I was very tired.

Tonight, Day 1 of my holiday, I get a worsening sky. Should be clouded up until Tuesday. Might catch a break on that night, then the forecast says the sky will be stuffed up the rest of the week. How typical.

[jerrysykes]

All three images are very nice, Bryan!! I like the close up with your C6-R the best.

[bladekeeper]

All three images are very nice, Bryan!! I like the close up with your C6-R the best.

Thanks, Jerry! I was hoping to get the 12" dob in on the action this week, but the clouds say otherwise.

[UlteriorModem]

Nice your really getting the hang of lunar mosaics!

[bladekeeper]

Nice your really getting the hang of lunar mosaics!

Thanks, Tom! They are a lot of fun to do.

[10538]

Nice job Bryan! I really enjoyed the images.

[bladekeeper]

Nice job Bryan! I really enjoyed the images.

Thanks, my friend!

[Lady Fraktor]

I do not know about fun but they are quite nice and I do like the closeup with the C6-R as well

[bladekeeper]

I do not know about fun but they are quite nice and I do like the closeup with the C6-R as well

Hahaha!

Thanks, my friend.

Hoping to try again here in a bit. Just waiting on the tree to get shorter so the Moon is exposed.

[Tillibobs]

These are cracking images Bryan, thanks for sharing them. You are a true Lunatic now .
I've looked at the Moon through my 80mm frac as it heads towards the horizon, the blue sky took me by surprise !
Keep up the good work mate,

Keith.

[bladekeeper]

These are cracking images Bryan, thanks for sharing them. You are a true Lunatic now .
I've looked at the Moon through my 80mm frac as it heads towards the horizon, the blue sky took me by surprise !
Keep up the good work mate,

Keith.

Thanks, my friend!

I feel like a lunatic staying up until 0130 to do it again this moring.