First light Lunar images

[Shiraz]

I was working up a new planetary scope using the moon as a test object and noticed that the Aristarchus region was on the terminator and showing much more detail than I had seen before. Seeing was ordinary, but the view was magic, with the walls of Vallis Schroteri illuminated, numerous smaller rilles and the Herodotus dome easily visible, so I put in the DMK21 with a deep red filter and took the attached image at about 4.5m fl - along with a couple of other favourites. R6 did a good job of putting the wobbly images together. Thanks for looking. Regards Ray

[Matt Wastell]

Looks great Ray - what are the specs of the scope?

[DavidU]

Fine images ! Well done.

[Paul Haese]

Nice images Ray. Well done.

[John Hothersall]

My those are good, shadows with Aristarchus look darkly fantastic and craterlets on Plato's floor. Seeing wobbly but worked out well.

John.

[Clayton]

Very nice result Ray. Lot's of good detail:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Shiraz]

Hi Matt, thanks. The scope started out as a GSO 12 Dob. Was gobsmacked at how good the optics were so decided to tighten up the mechanics, add some proper thermal control, put on an eq mount and convert it to a planetary scope - am about half way through that process. Problem now is that I liked having a Dob, so will now have to get another one maybe.....never ends does it!

Hi Dave. Thanks for your comment. I was surprised at how well the images turned out.

Hi Paul. Thanks very much for your positive comments

Hi John. I was very pleased that the Aristarchus image in particular captured a fair bit of what I could see.

Hi Rob. Thanks for your positive comments - I was pleased with the detail.

regards Ray

[scopemankit]

Wonderful detail.

[coco1]

Some of my favourite areas the moon, they look detailed and smooth i like the pictures.

[Shiraz]

Hi Chris. Thanks for your positive comment

Hi Stephen. Thanks - they sure are interesting areas.

regards Ray

[michaellxv]

They look great Ray.

[Shiraz]

Hi Michael. Thanks very much - yes was happy with these as first results. Regards Ray

[iceman]

Nice images, really great.

[Shiraz]

Thanks Mike. am using the setup that you pioneered - many thanks for all your past posts on the GSO Newt/EQ6 combo. Regards Ray

[Quark]

Strewth Ray, what a super result right across the board with each image. A great advert for R6 and must give you a warm glow, regarding the possibilities with these optics.

Regards
Trevor

[Shiraz]

Hi Trevor.
Yes, it was a pretty good first result and am really looking forward to getting the system fully sorted over the next couple of weeks. R6 is excellent when there is some high SNR detail to work with and it is blindingly fast on a multi-core PC. How lucky we are to be able to choose: R5, R6 or AVIstack, depending on image characteristics. Regards Ray