From: "milton_aupperle" <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: March 15, 2011 7:41:34 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Firs Official Light with AT8RC


Hi Folks;


Here is my  official first light image taken with the Astro-Tech Ritchey-Chretien 8" scope at prim focus (1625 mm Focal length)


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Lunar/Luna_20110314_MJA.jpg 


Shot with Grasshopper Mono 16 camera with no Filter, 4 ms exposures at 15 fps. Six 1384x1036 movies, stacked in Astro IIDC using 45 MAP per movie and sharpest 80 frames out of 330 to 400 frames per movies, results stitched together.


Seeing was mediocre with that fast high frequency shimmer from the Jet Stream. Here is a small 320x240 cropped portion around Clavius showing my seeing was like:


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Lunar/Luna_20110314_Clavius.mp4


As I said previously, that is basically the first image I've taken since December 2010.


TTYL..


Milton Aupperle