Shown above is a 'snapshot' of this evening's gibbous moon. It was taken under poor seeing conditions with a DSLR camera attached to a 102mm Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (about 700mm focal length). This was one of two experimental images I took of the moon. The telescope's tripod was set up on my south porch - not the most stable of platforms, but sufficient for experimental purposes.
The Perseid Meteor Shower should be near its peak after the moon sets later tonight. If you read this early enough (Monday night - very early Sunday morning), have adequate sky conditions, and can affort to lose the sleep (a lot of 'ifs') you might want to spend some time lying back, staring at the sky, and counting meteors.
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