Full Moon at last!

I have waited for months to capture a full screen image of the Full Moon. Can't do that with my Skywatcher 130m as the image is just too big and the focal reducer don't work!. I know that it can be done with the new ST80 refractor with the focal reducer giving the whole of the Moon without making a mosaic.
Well, the Full Moon came late, about 12.00, but it only just cleared the roof tops, so I waited until I could get a clear shot. Then, guess what...clouds!!
Gave up in the end so had to pack up and go in. I really wanted an image of the Full Moon and at about 1.15am the sky cleared and I quickly set up and managed to capture the images that I wanted!

Great...Full Moon at last!

Clear sky at last!

As it went dark I began to set up my gear. It's Monday, 10th April, a lovely evening, the Moon high in the South East, bright and clear. The Moon waxing at 93% so I took some images first with my Skywatcher ST80 with the f0.6 reducer. Some brilliant images of a nearly full moon. Then I switched to the 130m and picked out some features to image. The best must be Tycho in both colour and grey-scale and Copernicus - loads of detail!
You can see these on my website.
Having some problems at the moment with tracking, maybe too much weight on the mount with both scopes. Sometimes the motor tracks fine then seems to stop - could do with another mount for the ST80 or maybe mount the scope differently?

Spring at last?

Well, tonight I managed to see some clear skies at last! The poor Dafodils have fought against all odds to bloom only to be bashed to bits by the torrential rain, hail and winds this weekend. Cold, but nice in the garden tonight, captured a few images of the Moon with and without the Focal Reducer. I now need a nice sunny day to balance and align the mount on my scopes.
Here is an image of tonight's Moon with the Focal Reducer on the ST80 telescope, looks really good in colour!