From: Willie Strickland <cwskas@earthlink.net>

Date: January 24, 2010 10:53:00 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Finally! 1/2 descent seeing for the moon

I thought you might enjoy this lunar mosaic even though it wasnt taken with AstroIIDC. Robert lives in the heart of San Antonio, TX and images from a platform atop his garage. Milton, feel free to remove the message if it is not appropriate to the forum.

Willie

On Jan 24, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Robert Reeves wrote:

Hello everyone,

I can't remember the last time I got off some descent moon shots through this Jello we call an atmosphere down here in Texas. I think it was last summer up at Cherry Mountain.

But last Thursday, Jan 21, the sky cooperated for a few hours and I was able to squeeze off some shots without having to take Dramamine while looking at the computer monitor.

These are 15 prime focus shots from my C-8 with a DMK-41 mono camera, but the focal length is a bit longer than f/10 because of the big OPT Craford focuser I use with the DMK. I mosaiced them together the old fashioned way by pushing them around in Photoshop.

Take a look at

http://www.robertreeves.com/21Jan2010waxingcrescentDMK41C8.jpg

Enjoy

Robert Reeves San Antonio, Texas