ell, I got up at 4am yesterday morning and wasn't able to see the collision.


However, the telescope had been outside for five hours and the scope had cooled completely and the view of the moon was extremely steady. The image was sharp even over 500x.


So I figured, collision or not, I might as well try a picture. I would have liked to get a wider view but the 5DII won't come to focus in the 12 1/2" without a barlow.


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5D II with starmaster 12 1/2" dob 3175mm @ f/10 1/40 sec iso 400


The above is cropped to full frame equivalent of about 6400mm. Below is a further crop.


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