Old School Moon 14/1/22

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Old School Moon 14/1/22

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Been admiring the lunar shots on here, so I thought I would show a couple I took 6pm ish on the 14th.
I have been resurrecting old gear and re-siteing away from a ramshackle shed that needs dismantling.
Not been doing much Astronomy nor imaging , so a bit rusty.
I used an old 8" F8 newt that I have cobbled together. 1964 Optical Surfaces primary, AE skeleton tube, old lazy susan dob mount.
No drives so tried some simple drift footage with my PGR Grasshopper.
Could only manage a few sequences of 200 frames due to cock-ups and forgetfulness.
Anyway got the usual suspects and stacked 30 and 50 frames to make a few images.
These are the best of them, which have surprised me.
Gave me a bit of a lift to be honest.
Best wishes and Happy New Year to everyone,
David
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Re: Old School Moon 14/1/22

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Hi,

Excellent sharpness. Copernicus looks great as Plato with Vallis Alpes. Also Mons Piton is nice in view.

Crater Tycho and Clavius nice views.


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Lovely images David!


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Nice work David!

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Post by Montana »

Lovely to hear it gave you a boost David :hamster: sometimes we all need a bit of astrotherapy :) These are fantastic :bow

I also slipped out last night and it was wonderful see the old Moon face on the screen rather than the Sun :beanie:

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great images David


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Very nice photos, it would be interesting to see photos of your equipment.

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Post by DJD »

Thank you Ivan.
Here are a couple of photos of the scope that I used.
Made out of old kit and an old but very nice mirror.
I will put the scope on an old Equatorial Tracking Platform to give me a drive
for longer captures soon.
Best wishes,
David
ImageOS8F8Dob1 by David Dench, on Flickr

ImageOS8F8Dob2 by David Dench, on Flickr


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What a beautiful telescop, David! with such a huge focal length on a Dobson mount, taking a photo is probably very difficult. But you did great. By the way, your dome is great!

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These Came out really well, David !

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Post by EGRAY_OBSERVATORY »

Well interesting to see your "old school" instruments David as well as your excellent images on flickr too as:- https://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddench/

Also please publish here your transit of the formation of passenger aircraft
https://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddench/42803453795/ which shows that formation !!!

Thanks vm
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