The moon through a (nearly) 40yo refractor

[cometcatcher]

The Moon through my nearly 40 year old Tasco 10K, an 80mm F15 refractor. This telescope is nearly as old as me! :P It's also on the original EQ2 or something mount.

4 x 1/8th second exposures at ISO 100, Pentax K-x at prime focus.

[DavidU]

Very nice Kevin, good detail with very little chromatic aberration.
That's a classic scope !

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Dave. At F15 the CA ratio is 4.78, and quite acceptable.

[cometcatcher]

Tonight's Moon. 1/10 sec single frame, same scope.

[Clayton]

Two very nice shots Kevin:):)

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Rob.

Here's the last one before the clouds rolled in. 1/15th of a second at ISO 100.