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Old 07-08-2020, 08:08 AM
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A few lunarscapes from 5th August

After managing to take a deep sky series for Djorg 2, I decided against a meridian flip and instead, replaced the Tak x0.8 Reducer with a TeleVue x2 Powermate, to record some images of the fast rising Moon.

The seeing wasn't quite up to the x2 Powermate, but once I down-sampled the images, they scrubbed up quite nicely.

I have noticed that on the Mewlon 210 with the x2 Powermate and ASI1600MM camera field of view, the edges do suffer a little, although this is as expected from a DK Cassegrain design.

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Old 07-08-2020, 08:45 AM
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Some nice up close images - well done. Cheers, JW.
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Old 07-08-2020, 08:46 AM
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Very nice Dennis. Your lunar images are always a delight.
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Old 07-08-2020, 09:17 AM
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They look pretty good to me Dennis.Lucky you got in before the rain this morning.
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Old 07-08-2020, 09:55 AM
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Thank you John, Pete and Derek, I appreciate your comments.

I must say, it was a real pleasure to switch from the night's faint DSO target of Djorg 2 to our local, bold, bright, easy to find and focus, detailed Moon.

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Old 07-08-2020, 10:10 AM
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Impressive. Amazing details. You've been busy lately. Good weather in Brisbane?
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wonderful - i love the second image
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Old 07-08-2020, 01:10 PM
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Outstanding resolution and clarity!

Would the view from the window of the Apollo Command Module have been any better? I doubt it.
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Old 08-08-2020, 05:35 PM
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Outstanding resolution and clarity!

Would the view from the window of the Apollo Command Module have been any better? I doubt it.
Thank you Marc, Dave & DarkArts for your comments, I appreciate them.

@Marc - I decided it was time to dust off the 'scope again and get outdoors again, a long time between drinks.

I had the x2 Powermate and the seeing did not hold up, but down sampling the images in post did tighten them up and made them reasonable for the conditions.

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