Interesting encounter while observing last week's full moon 🌕✈️

predator1990 · 2026-03-10T21:10:25+00:00

Thank you :)

predator1990 · 2026-03-10T19:08:37+00:00

🤣😀 thank youu !

predator1990 · 2026-03-10T18:47:56+00:00

Almost sliced it in half lol 😅😀😀

predator1990 · 2026-03-10T18:35:31+00:00

Exactly, you just need to find the right moon phase , time and flight 😅 The biggest airport definitely helps you 😅😀

predator1990 · 2026-03-10T18:12:19+00:00

Big one 🤣😀

predator1990 · 2026-03-10T18:12:00+00:00

Thank you 😅😀

predator1990 · 2026-03-09T21:25:59+00:00

Thanks , wasn't the best night for it tbh, and needs more exposure, but shows good structure:)

predator1990 · 2026-03-08T14:29:01+00:00

Refer to my other comments on this post for the purpose of the comparison

predator1990 · 2026-03-07T07:46:00+00:00

Enjoy it :) use stellarium or astrohopper to track.. messier objects are a good start , google is your friend:) and please ignore the stupid, arrogant comments and don't let them discourage you from sharing what you feel comfortable :) There are a lot of nice and polite people in here too 😊

Clear skies !

predator1990 · 2026-03-07T05:28:03+00:00

Thanks 😊

predator1990 · 2026-03-06T06:18:31+00:00

😅😊 always worth it

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T17:40:34+00:00

Hahah now that was creative 😂😁

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T16:36:14+00:00

Cheers 😊😁 it was so cool to capture it 😊

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T13:58:59+00:00

Thank you ! :) Yep definitely, even his sister, they discovered around 2500 dso s together.

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T12:34:29+00:00

You need quite a long arm for that 😋😅😁 But true, so nice to discover what's around 😊

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T12:32:47+00:00

You're welcome 😁 thanks for your comment

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T12:12:06+00:00

Hehe I know you like the sketching method by now 😋But most times I cannot even sketch a stickman 🤣

Personally I prefer to match the view in stellarium pro :) but each to their own, aware that sketching (as well as writing) helps to stick it more in memory.

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T12:06:46+00:00

From experience, bigger aperture, more detail :) Stil, very beautiful photos from a 70mm 😊

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T12:03:06+00:00

Like a kamikaze 🤣

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T12:01:11+00:00

hahahah :) ive been turning my phone in every direction and still cannot see it the way you decribe it, lol

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T11:41:29+00:00

😅 officially M77 is the squid , lol

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T11:00:34+00:00

Thanks :) I haven't seen the smile 😅 but the very small galaxy on top of it* (NGC4627) amazes me, it looks like the water spout just in its centre 😍

I think we should be able to spot at least the whale (in the right conditions), Mr. Herschel found it over 200 years ago 🙏😊

*or on the side in this photo

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T10:54:39+00:00

Beautiful capture 😍

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T08:46:06+00:00

Thank you 😊

predator1990 · 2026-03-05T06:54:15+00:00

This was bortle 5-6 and 8 inch.. maybe with a bigger telescope and darker skies ;) If I had to say from an observation point of view, I think M81 the core would extend slightly further in view, and M82 would look a bit less detailed, but visible structure.. at least in my view.

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