Apollo 11, Surveyor 5 and Ranger 8 Missions

[Dennis]

Managed to dust off the 'scope and mount last night to self-isolate in our back garden. I even remembered how to set up all the HW and run the SW after a few months spent gathering dust.

Here is a region of the Moon that has the 3 craterlets Armstrong, Collins & Aldrin as well as the Apollo 11, Surveyor 5 and Ranger 8 Missions.

The seeing wasn’t as good as I had expected from looking at the Jetstream charts, but enough to work with at a relatively short focal length of 3864mm with the ASI1600MM.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy (David)]

wonderful results Dennis - i found it difficult image at 952mm let alone 3864mm

[RobF (Rob)]

Wonderful shots Dennis. Thanks for sharing.

[kinetic (Steve)]

Amazing results Dennis!

Steve

[multiweb (Marc)]

Fantastic shot Dennis.

Originally Posted by Dennis

...but enough to work with at a relatively short focal length of 3864mm ...

[Dennis]

Thanks for all your comments folks, I appreciate them.

It was good to be back outdoors again.

Cheers

Dennis

[astroron (Ron)]

Nice little exercise Dennis.
I have observed them in both the 8" and 16" scopes
Good to see you back at it.
Cheers

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by astroron

Nice little exercise Dennis.
I have observed them in both the 8" and 16" scopes
Good to see you back at it.
Cheers

Thanks Ron, I must take the camera off and have a look with the Mk 1 eyeball next time, it is quite a different and rewarding experience looking through the eyepiece.

Cheers

Dennis