The gods smiled...then went back to baseline.

[bkm2304]

Hi All,
It's been a while since I've posted any images, mainly because I didn't really have any interesting ones to post. Then, on Friday night I set up to get some moon images. Sky was OK. Maybe a tinge of smoke. For a half an hour or so the seeing was spectacular. The live video was as clear and steady as I had ever seen. I've posted the 3 Saints - Catharina, Theophilus, Cyrillus - taken on Friday night. On Saturday night things were back to normal east coast of Australia seeing - with a bit of bush fire smoke to temper things. Comparing the two images from Friday and Saturday absolutely illustrates the role of chance in "lucky" imaging.:thumbsup: The images are low quality here due to the posting 200k limit.

Go to Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/119969304@N05/albums/72177720312119929) for higher resolution images

ZWO ASI 178MM Camera. Celestron 9.25"CPC.

Approx 2000 frames washed through AutoStakkert then 10% stacked and sharpened in Registax.

Richard

[Crater101]

We all have to take advantage of the clear skies when we can, but dodgy skies and posting limits aside, that's a nice bit of work, well done.While you can see the differences between them, it's still a decent result.

[Tinderboxsky]

Great example of the results of excellent seeing and lucky imaging. I like the framing in all of your images in your linked album.

Thanks for posting.

Steve.

[h0ughy]

it just proves it can happen, like a lotto win you have to be in it to win it. fantastic result on the first night btw, the suns angle certainly helps illuminate the details

[Dave882]

Great image! And the rest of the Flickr shots are great too.
I was observing both moon & Saturn around the same time and yes there was a period of absolutely beautiful stable seeing. Unfortunately it didn’t last so no pics for me lol

[Saturnine]

Hi Richard
Very nice image of one of my favourite lunar regions and highlighting the difference seeing can make to an image ( and eyeballs ).

[5ash]

Very nice pictures , so much detail .
Regards philip

[bkm2304]

Thanks for the comments, guys. Good to see the Ice In Space Community still going strong after all these years!
Richard