Much better Moon(s)!

Whilst testing out the guiding capabilities of my setup (inconclusive at this time),  I decided to test out both telescopes on our beautiful Moon. Last night (27th January 2013), she was full and really bright, so a filter was used to bring down the brightness. Without it, all the camera was picking up was a big white circle!

Anyway, the first shot:

Moon 27th Jan 2013 with QHY5v and TS Optics 150mm. Mosaic of 5 images of 263 frames each

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 This was taken with the larger of the two scopes. It has actually been built up from 5 images of different regions, which in turn have been taken from an .avi file of 263 frames per image. These 5 .avi files have been aligned, stacked and processed in Registax 6, an excellent piece of free software, and then exported to Photoshop where they are stitched together to make the final image.

And the second image:

Moon 27th Jan 2013 with QHY5v and William Optics 66mm. Mosaic of 2 images of 1863 frames each

This image is taken with the smaller WO66, but is a mosaic of 2 images made from 1863 frames each. The greater number of frames has clearly led to a sharper image, but unfortunately there is a blemish in the Procellarum Oceanus (top left). I have amateurishly tried to remove the blemish in the next image, but a reprocess will be in order to get rid of it more effectively:

Moon 27th Jan 2013 with QHY5v and William Optics 66mm. Mosaic of 2 images of 1863 frames each (Blemish Removed)

All in all I'm pretty pleased with what my kit has produced. It's not a lunar set up by any means but these pics are quite pretty! I just worry now that getting a taste of solar system imaging could lead to another purchase. A nice Catadioptric could be on the cards!