Observation by Simon Dawes: 6 Day old Moon

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Simon Dawes

Observer

Simon Dawes

Observed

2019 Mar 12 - 19:04

Uploaded

2019 Mar 17 - 12:31

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Sky Watcher MN190
Canon EOS 600D (Full Spectrum Mod)
EQ6

Exposure

1/160s stack of 100 frames

Location

Bexleyheath, Kent (S.E. London really), England

Target name

Moon

Title

6 Day old Moon

About this image

I had fitted a filter wheel, but didn’t have enough back focus, so I tried to compensate by pushing the primary mirror further up the tube using the collimation adjustments screws (Bob’s knobs), but was short by 1mm! So I ended up replacing the spacer on the Moonlite focuser for a narrower one which I’d 3D printed. All this fiddling about meant I needed to recollimated the scope – which normally keeps collimation remarkably well – the Moon was setting, there were quite a few clouds around but the Moon was staring down at me begging to be imaged, so I took a few shots.

Files associated with this observation

Moon_2019-03-12_21-02-24_ISO100_1-160s_600D_stack_of_100.jpg (164.0 kB)

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MikeRushton, Andy Wilson, Jeremy Shears, Andrew Dumbleton, Mike Scarisbrick, John Howarth, Ray Emery, Peter Carson, Martin Crow, Simon Dawes

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