Moon with c8

[paul71 (Paul.)]

Hi all since the moon is up I decided to image it last night.
Here are 1200 frames stacked in registax using a zwo120mc and the C8 telescope.
Just a quick processing in Registax and resized to fit here thanks for looking.

[Tinderboxsky (Steve)]

Excellent result Paul.
Focus looks nice and sharp. Do you have any tricks to getting good focus?

[paul71 (Paul.)]

Hi Steve no real trick I just make sure I let the scope cool down for at least 30-40 mins before starting cheers.

[RyanJones]

Great luna capture Paul.

I think I want a C8 to replace my C5..... who am I kidding.... I want both lol.

How do you find it focal length wise on DSOs ?

[paul71 (Paul.)]

Gday Ryan because of the long focal length I hardly use it for much bar planetary imaging.
For DSO Work I use the little ed80 apo and zwo294mc pro cooled camera I find at the shorter focal length of 600mm a lot more forgiving to work with when it comes to guiding.

[RyanJones]

Originally Posted by paul71

Gday Ryan because of the long focal length I hardly use it for much bar planetary imaging.
For DSO Work I use the little ed80 apo and zwo294mc pro cooled camera I find at the shorter focal length of 600mm a lot more forgiving to work with when it comes to guiding.

No doubt that focal length will be hard to control but I’d like to be able to get right into some DSOs like planetary nebs and into some of the more detailed sections like pillars etc. I do like a challenge