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Nino
19-01-2019, 08:39 AM
Hope this photo is good enough to post here, last nights 18/01/2019 moon, 10 inch Meade LX200 ACF and a ZWO ASI 1600mm and a 3.3 focal reducer.

Ukastronomer
19-01-2019, 08:54 PM
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Ukastronomer
19-01-2019, 08:57 PM
Just offering advice

Avoid where possible full or near full Moon shots, the lighting is flat, concentrate more on the terminator and partial Moon images, the attached was a VERY simple setp just a 3" refractor, 6MP DSLR

Don't try too hard either, keep it simple where the Moon is involved, focus is critical though

This is a good item to have also

http://www.mikeoates.org/mas/projects/calc/

Nino
20-01-2019, 10:14 AM
Thanks for your advice Jeremy , I will print out and read the page soon
Cheers John

Camelopardalis
20-01-2019, 12:52 PM
That’s a beauty John, well done :thumbsup:

Dennis
20-01-2019, 01:11 PM
Hi John

More than good enough, nicely done.:thumbsup:

I just punched a copy through Photoshop and used some Nik and Topaz Plug Ins to tease out some of the data.:)

I had to crop down to 1024 and save at a lossy JPG to get under the 200K file size limit, but here goes.

Cheers

Dennis

Nino
20-01-2019, 07:16 PM
Thanks Dennis, I have all the good gear all I have to do now is learn the know how. Cheers John P.

Ukastronomer
20-01-2019, 09:29 PM
You mean "make it"................

I printed on to 300gsm card, laminated, cut round/out, and used a 1/2" bolt in the middle

Ukastronomer
20-01-2019, 09:31 PM
I was going to modify it but the forum rules forbid doing anything without permission

Nino
21-01-2019, 10:47 AM
Yes, my wife is going to print me a few copies today at work as our printer is no longer printing.