Those are excellent images, especially for a low altitude Moon. The waxing Moon is so low right now that I have given up trying to get good images, instead I'm going to wait till after full Moon and try to image the much higher altitude waning Moon. Perhaps a little bit less gain in the original capture?
PS: I had a bit of trouble trying to orientate the pics to the standard (north is up, west is to the right) orientation. Are they L/R mirror-imaged due to the use of a diagonal? I don't use a diagonal when imaging, if you can reach focus straight-through then it saves a potential source of scatter and light loss. I also orientate my images to the standard orientation for ease of comparison with maps and other images, even though this is giving in to northern hemispherism.
Last edited by Stephen65; 16-03-2008 at 02:45 PM.
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