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Petavius, May 2nd

Started by oliver_p, 05/03/2006 08:04PM
Posted 05/03/2006 08:04PM | Edited 05/03/2006 08:07PM Opening Post
Hi all,

yesterday evening I was surprised by clear skies and dragged my scope out under the still bright blue sky to image the moon. No colimation check or proper polar alignment have been possible but things worked fine except for some very sticky dust motes on the CCD :S Seeing was fair and I've been able to capture some craters, first was Petavius imaged at late dusk:



Clear skies & best wishes,
Oliver

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Posted 05/04/2006 01:01PM #1
Hi Oliver,

Excellent Petavius, very! detailed.

Thanks,

Wes Higgins
Posted 05/04/2006 10:39PM #2
Excellent Oliver!! Spectacular detail.

Jim Phillips