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The diffraction pattern of the 8″ LX90AT with the broken corrector plate
The image of the Hadar (Beta Centauri) through the broken 8″ LX90AT. Look, the star image is no longer pinpoint.
Saturn delivered by the 8″ LX90AT with the broken corrector plate. It looks like the Saturn is being engulfed by a black hole.
Now, the main character~
Well, it’s really a very belated Happy belated Mid-Autumn Festival（中秋节）! Another unofficial name is Mooncake Festival. Chinese celebrates this festival by eating mooncake and enjoy watching the moon. Some even lift off the “Kong Ming” Lantern with their wishes on the lantern to the sky.
It’s on 15 August every lunar year. (14 September in 2008). On this day, the moon is usually the biggest througout the year. The moon is called as Harvest Moon in western countries.
However, the largest moon (Harvest Moon) didn’t fall on 14 September but instead the next day. So, we don’t have the largest moon during this year Mooncake Festival due to the moon was still between the perigee and apogee.
At the end, please, enjoy my artwork of moon. The silhoutte was a tree not less than 50m from me.
Although I haven’t seen McNaught myself these days, the spectacular images around the webs pleased me very well. I have been collecting the best McNaught photos for my very own collection but sharing is always a better attitude. 
Enjoy!
Author: Kevin Crause
Location: Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa
Date: 20 January 2007
Photo Details: Nikon D2X, 80mm lens, f/2.8, 20secs, ISO800
Description: This is probably the longest tail I have seen!
![CometMcNaughtK Crause%28Med%29 Best McNaught Photos! [Updated!]](http://www.astronomynotes.net/uploads/comet/McNaught C2006 P1/CometMcNaughtK_Crause%28Med%29.jpg "Crause")
Author: Kevin Crause
Location: Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa
Date: 17 January 2007
Photo Details: Nikon D2X, 120mm lens, f/5.3, 9secs, ISO200
![Pieterse1 Best McNaught Photos! [Updated!]](http://www.astronomynotes.net/uploads/comet/McNaught C2006 P1/Pieterse1.jpg "Pieterse")
Author: Hannes Pieterse
Location: Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Date: 16 January 2007
Photo Details: Canon 30D, 300mm, f/8, 2secs, ISO800
![Penning Best McNaught Photos! [Updated!]](http://www.astronomynotes.net/uploads/comet/McNaught C2006 P1/Penning.jpg "Penning")
Author: Hannes Pieterse
Location: Bloemfontein, South Africa
Date: 18 January 2007
Photo Details: Sony Cybershot DSC-P93A, f/2.8, 25secs, ISO100
Author: Steve Cranne
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Date: 19 January 2007
Photo Details: Canon 300D, Canon 50mm lens, f/1.8, 8secs
Are the photos above able to make you consider to get one solar filtered telescope? If I were you, I do. However, the solar minimum is around which means that the solar activity is quite inactive now. The scene may not be that gorgeous. I might hold my penny.
Kudos to March05 again for the photos above!
Edited: Photo is replaced as requested by March05. The sunspot numbers are revised.
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