Moon - Last light of day on Tycho's central peak

Technical card
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 200mm FL1000mm
Imaging camera: Raspberry Pi Camera 2.1 @60fps
Mount: HEQ5
Date: 2018-09-03 02:38z
Frames: Best 800 of 1478
Processing Software: PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax, Photoshop
Observatory: +50.475° -03.557
(J2000) Right Ascension: 04h39m24.61s
(J2000) Declination: +17°10'43.8"
Distance: 371748Km
Apparent diameter: 32.14'
Colongitude: 185.6°
Phase: 270.2°
Lunation: 22.69 days
Illumination: 50.2%
Sub-solar latitude: 0.9°
Libration in Latitude: +06°09'
Libration in Longitude: -05°24'
Position angle: -7.0°
Azimuth +109°26'
Altitude +37°05'

Moon - Sunset on the Straight Wall

The Straight Wall (or Rupes Recta) is a rectilinear fault situated on the East bank of Mare Nubium.
Connects Thebit D to the North with a small mountain to the South.
Slope inclined to 7° only.
Slope covered with bright materials.

Technical card
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 200mm FL1000mm
Imaging camera: Raspberry Pi Camera 2.1 @60fps
Mount: HEQ5
Date: 2018-09-03 02:37z
Frames: Best 1200 of 1648
Processing Software: PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax, Photoshop
Observatory: +50.475° -03.557
(J2000) Right Ascension: 04h39m22.66s
(J2000) Declination: +17°10'34.9"
Distance: 371765Km
Apparent diameter: 32.14'
Colongitude: 185.6°
Phase: 270.2°
Lunation: 22.69 days
Illumination: 50.2%
Sub-solar latitude: 0.9°
Libration in Latitude: +06°09'
Libration in Longitude: -05°24'
Position angle: -7.0°
Azimuth +109°12'
Altitude +36°56'

Moon - Sinus Roris, Sinus Iridum to Plato

Technical card
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 200mm FL1000mm
Imaging camera: Raspberry Pi Camera 2.1 @60fps
Mount: HEQ5
Date: 2018-09-03 02:35z
Frames: Best 1200 of 1688
Processing Software: PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax, Photoshop
Observatory: +50.475° -03.557
(J2000) Right Ascension: 04h39m18.74s
(J2000) Declination: +17°10'17.2"
Distance: 371797Km
Apparent diameter: 32.14'
Colongitude: 185.6°
Phase: 270.3°
Lunation: 22.69 days
Illumination: 50.2%
Sub-solar latitude: 0.9°
Libration in Latitude: +06°10'
Libration in Longitude: -05°24'
Position angle: -7.0°
Azimuth +108°46'
Altitude +36°38'

Moon - Late Afternoon at Copernicus

Technical card
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 200mm FL1000mm
Imaging camera: Raspberry Pi Camera 2.1
Mount: HEQ5
Date: 2018-09-03 02:34z
Frames: Best 450 of 797 @60fps
Processing Software: PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax, Photoshop
Observatory: +50.475° -03.557
(J2000) Right Ascension: 04h39m16.78s
(J2000) Declination: +17°10'08.3"
Distance: 371813Km
Apparent diameter: 32.14'
Colongitude: 185.5°
Phase: 270.3°
Lunation: 22.69 days
Illumination: 50.2%
Sub-solar latitude: 0.9°
Libration in Latitude: +06°10'
Libration in Longitude: -05°24'
Position angle: -7.0°
Azimuth +108°32'
Altitude +36°29'

Moon - South-Eastern area

Technical card
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 200mm
Imaging camera: Raspberry Pi Camera v2.1
Mount: HEQ5
Date: 2018-08-30 23:49z
Frames: Best 500 of 1550
Processing Software: PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax, Photoshop
Observatory: +50.475° -03.557
(J2000) Right Ascension: 01h56m35.24s
(J2000) Declination: +05°31'52.7"
Distance: 386183Km
Apparent diameter: 30.94'
Colongitude: 147.8°
Phase: 308.5°
Lunation: 19.58 days
Illumination: 81.1%
Sub-solar latitude: 0.9°
Libration in Latitude: +07°32'
Libration in Longitude: -06°05'
Position angle: -20.6°
Azimuth +113°27'
Altitude +25°09'

Moon - Eastern "Shores" of Mare Imbrium

Technical card
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 200mm
Imaging camera: Raspberry Pi Camera v2.1
Mount: HEQ5
Date: 2018-08-30 23:14z
Frames: Best 800 of 1550
Processing Software: PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax, Photoshop
Observatory: +50.475° -03.557
(J2000) Right Ascension: 01h55m31.28s
(J2000) Declination: +05°24'36.7"
Distance: 386846Km
Apparent diameter: 30.89'
Colongitude: 147.5°
Phase: 308.8°
Lunation: 19.55 days
Illumination: 81.3%
Sub-solar latitude: 0.9°
Libration in Latitude: +07°33'
Libration in Longitude: -06°02'
Position angle: -20.6°
Azimuth +105°47'
Altitude +19°40'

From the first test session with a Raspberry Pi camera ...

Moon - Part of Maria Serenitatis & Tranquillitatis

Focusing was a little off. Camera control software was inadequate and has since been replaced. But quite pleased with it as a "proof of concept".

Technical card
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 200mm
Imaging camera: Raspberry Pi 2
Mount: HEQ5
Date: 2018-08-30 23:14z
Frames: Best 800 of 1551
Processing Software: AutoStakkert, Photoshop
Observatory: +50.475° -03.557
(J2000) Right Ascension: 01h55m34.82s
(J2000) Declination: +05°25'00.3"
Distance: 386809Km
Apparent diameter: 30.89'
Colongitude: 147.6°
Phase: 308.8°
Lunation: 19.55 days
Illumination: 81.3%
Sub-solar latitude: 0.9°
Libration in Latitude: +07°33'
Libration in Longitude: -06°03'
Position angle: -20.6°
Azimuth +106°11'
Altitude +19°58'

#RaspberryPi camera ready for use ... just need some clear skies to try it out.

Calculated field of view, etc. with 200mm f/5 reflector -
Field of view: 12.63 x 9.49 minutes of arc
Resolution: 0.23 seconds or arc per pixel.

Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner among the stars of Cassiopeia

Comet Giacobini-Zinner (official designation: 21P/Giacobini-Zinner) is a periodic comet in the Solar System.

It was discovered by Michel Giacobini (from Nice, France), who observed the comet in the constellation of Aquarius on December 20, 1900. It was recovered two passages later by Ernst Zinner (from Bamberg, Germany) while observing variable stars near Beta Scuti on October 23, 1913.

During its apparitions, Giacobini-Zinner can reach about the 8th magnitude, but in 1946 it underwent a series of outbursts that made it as bright as 5th magnitude. It is the parent body of the Giacobinids meteor shower (also known as the Draconids). The comet currently has an Earth-MOID of 0.035 AU (5,200,000 km; 3,300,000 mi).

Giacobini-Zinner was the target of the International Cometary Explorer spacecraft, which passed through its plasma tail on September 11, 1985. In addition, Japanese space officials considered redirecting the Sakigake interplanetary probe toward a 1998 encounter with Giacobini-Zinner, but that probe lacked the propellant for the necessary maneuvers and the project was abandoned.

The comet nucleus is estimated to be 2.0 kilometers in diameter.
_ --- Wikipedia_

Technical card
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 200p
Imaging camera: Canon 1100D
Mount: HEQ5
Guiding telescope: SkyWatcher 50mm/162mm Finderscope
Guiding camera: QHYCCD qhy-5 II
Software: APT - Astro Photography Tool, Nebulosity 4, Adobe PhotoshopCS5
Filters: Astronomik CLS Canon EOS Clip
Date: 2018-08-16
Frames: 10 x 120" ISO 1600
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 5.00
Centre (RA, hms): 02h 49m 36.979s
Centre (Dec, dms): +64° 04' 27.346"
Size: 75.7 x 50.4 arcmin
Radius: 0.758 deg
Pixel scale: 1.06 arcsec/pixel
Distance from Earth 0.481 AU
Distance from Sun 1.071 AU
Speed relative to Sun 37.451 km/s

NGC 281 - The Pacman Nebula

NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky Way's Perseus Spiral Arm. This 20×30 arcmin sized nebulosity is also associated with open cluster IC 1590, several Bok globules and the multiple star, B 1. It collectively forms Sh2-184, spanning over a larger area of 40 arcmin. A recent distance from radio parallaxes of water masers at 22 GHz made during 2014 is estimated it lies 2.82±0.20 kpc. (9200 ly.) from us. Colloquially, NGC 281 is also known as the Pacman Nebula for its resemblance to the video game character. - Wikipedia

Technical card
Imaging telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 200p
Imaging camera: Canon 1100D
Mount: HEQ5
Guiding telescope: SkyWatcher 50mm/162mm Finderscope
Guiding camera: QHYCCD qhy-5 II
Software: APT - Astro Photography Tool, DeepSkyStacker, Adobe PhotoshopCS5
Filters: Astronomik CLS Canon EOS Clip
Date: 2018-08-07
Frames: 7 x 150" ISO 3200
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 5.00