Luna

[DavidU (Dave)]

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 (Ray)]

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

[renormalised (Carl)]

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 (Jeanette)]

That's beautiful David.

[DavidU (Dave)]

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

[oosh (Jason)]

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

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

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

Was that on an alt-az??

[DavidU (Dave)]

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

Originally Posted by renormalised

Was that on an alt-az??

[Saturn%5 (Graeme)]

Very nice.

[von Tom (Tom)]

That is a fantastic lunar image Dave!

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

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

Ah....well instead of buying a brand new mount, just buy the Synscan goto drives for it. MyAstroShop has them. They're $675.

[Quark (Trevor)]

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 (Graham stevens)]

That's one for the pool room!

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Super disc indeed!

[Irish stargazer (John)]

Very nice!