Lunar Section

This section covers images of just the moon - nothing going behind it, near it, past it.

Eastern Mare Nectaris, Montes Pyrenaeus, Western Mare Fecunditatis
18 Sept 2008 00:40 UT Seeing II
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3MP, f/12.6
Registax 5, then final levels and sharpening in Photoshop

3-D lunar images

Theophilus - 18 Sept 2008 00:37 UT Seeing II
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3MP, f/12.6
Stack of 60/150 best frames, MAP
Stacked and wavelet sharpened in Registax, then final levels and sharpening in Photoshop

Atlas and Hercules - 18 Sept 2008 00:18 UT Seeing II
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3MP, f/12.6
Stack of 72/122 best frames, MAP
Stacked and wavelet sharpened in Registax, then final levels and sharpening in Photoshop

Terminator - 6.47 day old moon (near first quarter) - captured 11 May 2008 22:06-22:10 UT Seeing poor - III.
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian - freshly recollimated
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3MP, f/6.3
Mosaic of three images, 66,108,80 best frames, MAP
Each image stacked and wavelet sharpened in Registax, then the mosaic was assembled in Photoshop,
finally a contrast mask of 25% was applied.
(click the image below for the full resolution version)

10 day old moon - captured 16/17 March 2008 23:40-00:12 Seeing poor - II-III.
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3MP, f/6.3
Mosaic of ten images, each a stack of the best of approx ten individual frames
- except one tiny piece, which I was able to substitute with Clementine imagery - can you spot it?
Each image was stacked and wavelet sharpened in Registax, then the mosaic was assembled and blended in Photoshop, finally a contrast mask of 30% was applied.
(click the image below for the full resolution version)

Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Alpetragius, Albategnius - 17 March 2008 00:23
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3MP, f/25.2
Best 11 frames out of 21 - poor seeing

Hesiodus A (concentric crater) and Pitatus (crater with concentric rilles) - 17 March 2008 01:03
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3MP, f/25.2
Best 8 frames out of 20 - poor seeing

Copernicus - 16 March 2008 23:28
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3MP, f/25.2
Best 13 frames out of 39 - poor seeing

Posidonius and eastern edge of Mare Serenitatis - 12 Feb 2008
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3MP camera, f/12.6

Sinus Iridum - 05 October 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3Megapixel camera, f/12.6

Montes Carpatus, Copernicus, Mare Insularum, Fauth, Reinhold - 05 October 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3Megapixel camera, f/12.6

Copernicus - 05 October 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Phillips Toucam Pro, f/25.2

4.5 day old moon - mosaic of 4 images - 20 May 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3Megapixel camera, f/6.3

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Appenines, Rima Hadley, Archimedes, Serenitatis, Rima Hyginus, Mare Tranquilitatis - 25 Apr 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3Megapixel camera, f/6.3

Appenines, Rima Hadley, Archimedes, Autolycus, Aristillus - 25 Apr 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3Megapixel camera, f/12.6

Southern Highlands - 25 Apr 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3Megapixel camera

Rupes Recta (Straight Wall) - 25 Apr 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3Megapixel camera, f/12.6

Vallis Alpes - 26 Mar 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Philips Toucam Pro, f/25.2

Aristoteles & Eudoxus - 26 Mar 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Philips Toucam Pro, f/25.2

Cassini - 26 Mar 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Philips Toucam Pro, f/25.2

Albategnius & Klein- 26 Mar 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Philips Toucam Pro, f/25.2

Timaeus, Barrow, Goldschmidt - 26 Mar 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Philips Toucam Pro, f/25.2

Gassendi and vicinity - 02 Mar 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3Megapixel camera

Petavius - 05 Jan 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3Megapixel camera, f/25.2

Copernicus, Kepler & Aristarcus - 03 Feb 2007
10" Orion Optics SPX250 Newtonian
Opticstar Micrometrics 1.3Megapixel camera

11 day old moon - 04 Dec 2003
4" Orion (US) Maksutov, Quickcam 3000 Pro
Mosaic of 21 movies, processed in Registax and stitched together in Photoshop

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