Luna

[DavidU]

First image with my 150mm f/8 Achromat refractor. I spend a lot of time correcting Spherical aberration in it.
Single image Canon 30D 7 deg C 1/300 sec ISO 100 APT capture in RAW, CS5 colour bal and slight stretch saved in 50% Tiff.

[Shiraz]

That's an excellent image Dave - you clearly fixed the S.A. Regards Ray

[renormalised]

Great shot Dave:)

No aberration of any sort in that image, at least it appears that way. If there is, it might be a very slight yellow fringe, although that could be my eyes!!!.

You'll have to try some planets and a few DSO's with this scope if its optics are this good for an achro!!.

[jjjnettie]

That's beautiful David. :D

[DavidU]

Thanks guys ! I will be onto DSO's when I get a mount.

[oosh]

Really nice mate, lots of nice detail around the terminator.

[renormalised]

Was that on an alt-az??

[DavidU]

An old manual EQ5 that I pulled apart and re-co'd.(very carefully LOL)

[Saturn%5]

Very nice.

[von Tom]

That is a fantastic lunar image Dave!

[renormalised]

Ah....well instead of buying a brand new mount, just buy the Synscan goto drives for it. MyAstroShop (http://www.myastroshop.com.au/products/details.asp?id=MAS-022K) has them. They're $675.

[Quark]

A really nice result David and what a lovely balance with the exposure. The brightest regions not being saturated and the darker regions not to dark.

Regards
Trevor

[Derek Klepp]

Hope you get some of the eclipse like that

[LewisM]

FANTASTIC PHOTO. Yup, the 6" refractors are marvellous.

[graham.hobart]

That's one for the pool room!

[Matt Wastell]

Super disc indeed!

[Irish stargazer]

Very nice!