Recently the clouds have been winning. And there is bad weather across the country. It was the wrong time to experiment with something new.
I had a couple nights and got out my C11. I had camera problems and then the C11 focus knob froze. I have to take off the primary mirror and figure out why it is binding.
I got out my Meade 10" LX200, with a 2540 focal length and no reducer. I tried a ASI178MM-Cool that I had. It finally came to focus on the Moon, but at that focal length with a really small sensor the image kept dancing around. Worried about the clouds coming in I got a few videos. After processing they looked like a Salvador DalĂ picture of melting clocks.
So I debated posting just these two. First I tried to figure out what was in the images. (If the image isn't great, is there any significant content?)
Took forever but with the 21st Century Atlas of the Moon the first image is the Mare Crisium area with Proclus and Cleomedes. The second image is Mare Fecunditatis with a cool Messier and Messier A. (This detective work is mostly enjoyable. It's like the Where's Waldo books.) I'm posting these for anyone that has been clouded in for weeks and misses the Moon. Clear Skies!
Edited by Sky King, 04 May 2025 - 01:52 PM.