I was up early and out
at 0450 GMT. There was thin cloud about but some stars and the Moon were
visible, so I shot the zenith and the area around Orion and Sirius.
Unfortunately, none of
the shots worked.
I returned at 0515
with my “Cat”. It was hard to photograph the Moon, although the view showed
Grimaldi had librated some way from the limb. The practicalities of using a
less than sturdy mount and eyepieces with a .965” thread were vastly different
to using a Maksutov on an EQ/3 mount. Although the result was disappointing and
worse than I’ve done with my binoculars, at least Grimaldi is clearly visible.
I saw Venus through
the telescope but its disc was too small to estimate a phase and Mercury was
the same. Oh for my Mak and a webcam!
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