Copernicus

rumples riot · #1 13-10-2005, 11:11 PM

Was doing some touch up work to the collimation of the LX200 tonight with EXFSO's home made artificial star. I got to say it works very well, the collimation on the scope is probably better than it has been for a very long time. Can't wait to get my Pico artificial star.

Anyway, after I did that I thought I would take some shots of the moon and one crater in particular; Copernicus.

Anyway here it is. I think it is a little over processed but this was to test the collimation.

Comments welcome.

atalas · #2 13-10-2005, 11:20 PM

nice shot there Paul !

Louie

davidpretorius · #3 13-10-2005, 11:44 PM

beautiful!

h0ughy (David) · #4 13-10-2005, 11:49 PM

I like it, great shot!

asimov (John) · #5 13-10-2005, 11:58 PM

Nice shot Paul.

beren · #6 14-10-2005, 12:18 AM

Yep top shot there , id be interested to read your experiance with the Pico AS if you have the time

iceman (Mike) · #7 14-10-2005, 06:55 AM

Nice shot Paul, looks like the seeing was a bit soft though?

gbeal · #8 14-10-2005, 07:27 AM

Very nice Paul, it would have been good for you to target those domes near Copernicus as well, maybe re-process etc and see whether you got them.

rumples riot · #9 14-10-2005, 09:17 AM

Thanks guys for all the comments.

Stuart, as yet I have not received the Pico, so I don't know yet what to make of it. If it is as good as EXFSO's home made job then I will be more than happy with it.

Mike you are right, then seein was not the best last night, with it being around 3/10. I tried imaging Mars later and it was swimming around. However, it is clear today and I want to image it tonight. Need to check the jet stream though.

Gary, I think the domes are visible on the shot. Just look a little to the right and four domes are visible. They are in a cluster. Are they the domes you are referring to?

Paul

gbeal · #10 14-10-2005, 10:22 AM

Paul,
not sure, as I really need a bit of time to sort out what is in your shot first (and will do this later today).
In the interim these two shots show the Copernicus area and the domes, near the crater Marius.
Gary

atalas · #11 14-10-2005, 04:22 PM

Gary nice shots but I can't work out what your refering to ! I need an arrow .

Peter I can't see any Pic ! coming soon I hope .

Louie

ving (David) · #12 14-10-2005, 04:43 PM

nice shots guy!

#13 14-10-2005, 06:24 PM

A couple more to add to the mix. the seeing was very ordinary, probably 3-4/10 at best. Much the same as Paul had.

atalas · #14 14-10-2005, 06:55 PM

Very nice Peter !

Louie

#15 14-10-2005, 07:24 PM

Thanks Louie, you are a gentleman and a scholar and there aren't too many of us left.

RB (Andrew) · #16 14-10-2005, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exfso

A couple more to add to the mix. the seeing was very ordinary, probably 3-4/10 at best. Much the same as Paul had.

Great shots Peter,

Was that with the TOA and webcam?

#17 14-10-2005, 08:21 PM

Yep used the Toa and webcam. Low res was webcam only and higher used Televue 3x barlow. Seeing was really quite ordinary, It looked as though I was looking through a jelly. The fun continues. I cant wait until we get up to the Flinders ranges in 2 weeks with some dark skies, and really see what this scope is about.

Cheers