97% Waxing Gibbous Moon

When the moon is bright as it was Wednesday night, there is not much else to observe with a 5" Mak, so you have to make the best of it. This image is one afocal shot using a 32mm EP and my Fuji F10 point & shoot. I resized it and sharpend in Registax4.

Peak-a-Boo!

After what seemed like eternity, I finally was able to get the telescope out last night and snap a few pics. The skies were clear, seeing was good and the Moon was ridiculously bright....works for me! This particular web cam image is 1110 frames stacked. Near the center of the picture is the Pythagoras crater (I have no idea how its pronounced) and its 1.5km tall central peak poking out into the sun light.

Plato

At center stage is the crater Plato. This image was captured through pretty thick clouds and some how I managed to get 900 usable frames to stack.

Our Neighbor Above

Here is a couple of images I stitched in Photo Shop. A total of 1200 out of 1700 frames capture with my web cam.

Comet 17P Holmes

Here's a afocal image of Comet 17P Holmes from last year. This bad boy was visible to the naked eye!

Saturn

Here's another web cam image I took on the 26th of February. This was 1200 out of 1500 frames stacked. The planet was at it's closest approach the night before.