Class #Bortle6 sky pic of last night's moon.

Taken from my #Dwarf2 smart telescope around 2am UTC

No midge or mosquito involved.

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#lunarPhotography
#SmartTelescope

18 months ago I bought a bit of kit to take lunar pictures.

Since then I have had only one night with clear skies that did not coincide with midge season. It's not fun trying to polar align 10kg of mount and scope in total darkness while being eaten alive.

6 months ago I got a second, more portable 'scope, and as the nights close in, I'm looking forward to having a more pleasant time taking not so close up but perhaps easier pics...

#moon #astrophotography #DarkSkies #Dwarf2 #SmartTelescope

Anybody else got a #dwarf2 #SmartTelescope?

I ordered two from their kickstarter, and both (after using each of them for a day or two) have had the bottom mounting plates shear off.

When I contacted support (and offered to pay for replacement parts if needed) they just sent me a tube of glue 😂

I didn't initially kick up a fuss as it was only the first telescope I had that problem with, but now it's both! Bah!

Shame, as otherwise I was quite happy with it so far!

#DwarfII #DwarfLab

Much excitement in the Jones household this morning with the arrival of the latest lightweight long-range discovery scanner. #Dwarf2 #SmartTelescope dwarflab.com #astronomy #astrophotography #darkskiesforall

The Homunculus Nebula (a part of the Eta Carina Nebula - NGC3372) as seen from the middle of #Perth. 63 x 6s frames, gain 100 using a #dwarfii #smarttelescope . Postprocessed in #snapseed. #astrophotography #DeepSpace #nebula

Omega Centaurai C80.
150*5s Gain 50, using a #dwarfii #smarttelescope . #astrophotography

The Orion Nebula, shot with a #DwarfII #smarttelescope and finalised in #snapseed . #astrophotography
103 x 5s exposures.