[Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images

[knb]

Thanks Colin. If I am not mistaken, Birna has a 1200mm f/11. But this was about the fun of it, testing my equipment.
I do not think I will go all in with equipment I do not even have at hand. As you see, I am already outresolved by Nasos, and that's just fine.

Thanks to you too, Nasos. Putting more pixels on the moon give more details, as you certainly have shown here. Pretty hefty setup you have there, and you use it to good results.
And of course, you are right that the TC-E 1.4x and 1.7x can not be combined.

[Øivind Tøien]

Excellent result, Nasos! I really like the tones you got and some color nuances subtly showing the geology. I usually find that a saturation boost is needed to show those tones.

That TC modification is the first I do when I get a new TC.  . And yes, only the TC-20E variants have a throat that will accept the protruding front element of the TC-14E variants. I once also tried to include the 2x TC-301 in the stack (required temporarily removing the baffle) but results degraded too much - the aperture becomes so small that diffraction becomes a problem, and it only worked with my AF300 f/4 ED.

Images I have seen of the Z-converters could look like they are not stackable? The 1.4 seems to have an even more protruding front element.

The tracker is not for preventing blurring from the movement of the moon (except during lunar eclipses), the moon is too bright and the movement too slow for that to be a problem. But when exposing a video or multiple images for stacking, it takes so long time that at high magnification, the target will soon be out of the frame before adequate number of frames have been recorded.

[Øivind Tøien]

Last full moon that appeared considerably larger than normal, I could not resist a stack of the Tycho crater region while waiting for Jupiter to get in position. Light is on the boring flat side at full moons, but seeing at the moment was worth a capture. I can usually fit half of a moon within the frame with my new standard setup (last page), but not so this time. (Larger version may be possible if image is opened in new tab.)

[Nasos Kosmas]

Very detailed photo Oivid, well done!

[Øivind Tøien]

Thanks, Nasos - always fun to see how much 300PF can resolve with a little "magic". 

[John Geerts]

Visible moon during the day

[Asle F]

Just before the moon set behind the mountain:

Månen over Døldebergi by Asle Feten, on Flickr

[Øivind Tøien]

Very well timed, Asle !

[Akira]

Very well timed, Asle !

Ditto!

[ColinM]

Just before the moon set behind the mountain:

That's really atmospheric Astle!
Lovely result

[Asle F]

Thanks. Glad you like it.

[Øivind Tøien]

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is approaching the sun and becomes harder and harder to image between twilight and the time when it gets to low near the horizon. These were captured March 19 (#1) and March 25 (#2). That last one I just got four 30sec frames at ISO 800 before it started to get behind the trees, but it was before moonrise thus darker and it might have become brighter. The tail was clearly visible in a single frame.  The first one is 37 frames stacked in Sequator over 23 minutes, the movement of the comet causes the core to draw a short line. The second one was stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, both images aligned on the stars. 300mm f/4 PF with f/4.5 front aperture on D500 at ISO 800, 33 s exposures.

[Akira]

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is approaching the sun and becomes harder and harder to image between twilight and the time when it gets to low near the horizon. These were captured March 19 (#1) and March 25 (#2). That last one I just got four 30sec frames at ISO 800 before it started to get behind the trees, but it was before moonrise thus darker and it might have become brighter. The tail was clearly visible in a single frame.  The first one is 37 frames stacked in Sequator over 23 minutes, the movement of the comet causes the core to draw a short line. The second one was stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, both images aligned on the stars. 300mm f/4 PF with f/4.5 front aperture on D500 at ISO 800, 33 s exposures.

Beautiful capture, as always!  The absence of the light pollution from the cities would help out there.  Here in Tokyo, the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet in October seems to be a bit more promising.  Thanks for sharing anyway!

[Nasos Kosmas]

  Excellent captures Oivid

[Øivind Tøien]

Thanks Akia and Nasos. Unfortunately light pollution is actually pretty bad here, Bortle 7-8, which is red zone on the light pollution maps. It has become worse after the introduction of city LED lights. If one can find a free view towards west-north-west after twilight it i worth a try, but window of time before the 12P/Pans-Brooks sets is getting narrower.