Mosaic of Mare Crisium

[Dennis]

Hello,

Here is a mosaic of Mare Crisium from last night (8th Oct). The jet stream map looked amazing, the best I have ever seen, so I rushed out expecting superb seeing. Instead, I was met with some weird conditions. There were indeed fleeting moments of sharp seeing, but the overall appearance was an image in a constant state of flux, shearing with small, high frequency cells overlaid with larger, low frequency waves washing over it.

I waited for a couple of hours with little improvement, to ensure the ‘scope was cooled, etc and decided to give it a go anyhow. The result is a little disappointing but none the less, here it is, warts and all. There is more to this seeing stuff than meets the eye!

Cheers

Dennis

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Yep, it's not been pretty Dennis.

That's the seeing mate, not your image. It's pretty good all things considered.

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

another stunning shot dennis. very nice.

[iceman (Mike)]

Glad to see someone else doing mosaics in lieu of a large format camera

I can't wait for your conditions to improve Dennis, I look forward to your work immensely.