Just took some pics of the moon during the day. This is a practice run for Thur when Venus should disappear behind the moon in the early morning.

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/venus-lunar-occultation-9-november-2023

And here’s a picture of the Orion constellation, this time without a telescope, just pointing the camera at the sky. Used a cheap, second hand, Pentax f1.7 lens. The orange colour of Betelgeuse is clearly visible and you can also make out the great nebula in Orion’s sword.

The moon is just out of shot to the left, so seeing isn’t that good. And I missed out the bright star Rigel in the bottom right. Hoping to try this again next week.