Peter B Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) The sky has been overcast just about every evening since I bought my Sky Watcher 130P on an AZ GTi SynScan mount. When the clouds parted the other afternoon for what looked like was going to be long enough, I grabbed the chance to set up on the crescent moon in a darkening late afternoon blue sky. I attached my SV305 camera, aligned the scope as best I could with no stars visible and did a GOTO the moon, plugged the camera into my lap top running SharpCap and focused. After centering the moon I was impressed with the mount's tracking with the target staying pretty much centred on the lap top and using SharpCap for the first time managed a few 25 second AVIs The clouds didn't take long to end the session though. Using RegiStax for the first time was an experience but I got the basics I think and I'm quite pleased with the result of my very first effort after coming back as a 'born again' having last had a telescope as a kid more than 60 years ago. Looking forward now to some clear skies, but not really to wading through the 311 pages of the SharpCap manual and the 300 pages of the RegiStax manua to get to know how to do it properly! Edited December 10, 2021 by Peter B 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Great first image and I like the blue colour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter B Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Thanks. I didn't know whether to set the camera to B&W or not. I didn't and it turned out exactly as it looked to the naked eye. It was about 4.15pm, the sun had gone below the horizon and the sky was getting a darker blue by the minute. It's a pity there's no dual speed focuser available for the 130P though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ukjonathan Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Hi you should be please if I could get a pic like that as my first I’d be over the moon, pardon the pun once again we’ll Done you inspired me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter B Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Beginner's luck I think Jonathan. But go for it, you have absolutely nothing to lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmot Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I have to agree with Terry. The blue colouring is great. You expect moon images to be a variety of greys, but the blue is really different. I like it.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApophisAstros Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 (edited) "Bue moon , i saw you standing there", 😆 Roger Edited December 15, 2021 by ApophisAstros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Yancey Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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