{"id":2176,"date":"2021-01-17T13:15:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T18:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2021-01-17T14:46:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T19:46:33","slug":"the-cold-moon-last-full-moon-of-2020-dec-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthannan.net\/blog\/the-cold-moon-last-full-moon-of-2020-dec-29\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cold Moon – Last Full Moon of 2020 (Dec 29)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the last full moon of 2020 approaching, I had the thought that I would give astrophotography with the Astronomers Without Borders OneSky<\/a> telescope another go. I re-read the first, I don’t know, 20 pages of the world-famous forum thread<\/a> for this mighty, little scope at Cloudy Nights. After a year of doing astrophotography, this time through I understood a whole bunch more of what was being said. And it paid off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the 28th, I went out to test things out. I removed the Barlow lens from my 2x Barlow, attached it to the T-ring and slapped it on the Nikon. This left me with a great big hole leading directly to the sensor, so I quickly found my 1.25″ UV\/IR-Cut filter and that sealed the hole. I then set up the old wooden tripod<\/a> in the side yard and dragged out the telescope. I popped the Barlow and DSLR into the focuser. Based on what I had read the night before, I started to collapse the struts of the telescope until I had an image start to appear on the DSLR LCD screen. I fiddled with this to get it as sharp as I could, then I started fine adjustments at the focuser, which involved turning the entire camera!<\/p>\n\n\n\n