A new Barlow lens

Yesterday I have gone to buy a new TeleVue Barlow lens 2x to substitute my old one 3x that is too strong for my C8 telescope.

With it I have done a good work in the same night!

Crater Plato

Celestron C8 with 2x Barlow

CCD Imaging Source DMK31AU03.AS Monochrome.

500 frames at 1/25 sec processed with Registax.

Vallis Alpes

Celestron C8 with 2x Barlow

CCD Imaging Source DMK31AU03.AS Monochrome.

500 frames at 1/25 sec processed with Registax.

Crater Copernicus

Celestron C8 with 2x Barlow

CCD Imaging Source DMK31AU03.AS Monochrome.

500 frames at 1/25 sec processed with Registax.

Mars

Celestron C8 with 2x Barlow

CCD Imaging Source DMK31AU03.AS Monochrome.

Composition of 3 filtered RGB images.

New light for M51

In the second part of the night I took 90 exposures (1 min) each of M51. Then I added them to my previous collection of images of the galaxy. This is the result:

M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

Modified Canon EOS 1100D at the prime focus of C8 (tracking not guided)

160x60 sec frames , 30 dark , ISO 800 

stacked with DSS and elaborated with Gimp

Craters Aristoteles and Eudoxus

Yesterday night, with a good seeing,  I photographed the Moon:

Craters Aristoteles and Eudoxus

Celestron C8.

CCD Imaging Source DMK31AU03.AS Monochrome.

500 frames at 1/50 sec elaborated with Registax.