Moon Closeups - Coperrnicus, Plato, Bullialdus, Aristarchus, Gassendi & Highlands

[John K]

Hi everyone,

Earlier in the week when I imaged Saturn, I went on a bit of a photo spree on the moon to really try out the 120mm camera as the conditions were good - by the time I got on the moon conditions were not as good as for my Saturn shot but still very good.

One of the things that I really like about this camera is the 1280x960 sensor to get nice wide shots - the compromise is that the FPS which came in at around 24fps with a 12.5" f/5, 5 x Powermate and IR685 filter and a new laptop.

Typically for these images, I shot 10,000 frames and stacked 2,000 processed in Registax and using mild deconvolution in CS3.

Hi Res Image Links:
Coperrnicus
https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnkazanas/14167761006/in/photostream/


Plato
https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnkazanas/14188275102/in/photostream/


Bullialdus
https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnkazanas/14167701946/in/photostream/


Aristarchus
https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnkazanas/14004249217/in/photostream/


Gassendi
https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnkazanas/14167781986/


Southern Highlands
https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnkazanas/14004175359/in/photostream/


Enjoy and clear skies,

John K.

[Dennis]

Lovely series John.:thumbsup:

Looking at the plethora of small craters or craterlets you have resolved, scattered along the floor of Plato, it seems hard to believe that just recording the 4 “big” ones was the holy grail of astrophotographers not too long ago!:)

Cheers

Dennis

PS – just love the bright yellow La Sportiva mountaineering boots. Plastic or CF?

[MarkJ]

Hi John,

Some great shots. I particularly like your Southern Highlands shot, very effective and quite conservatively processed.

Mark

[John K]

Thanks for comments guys.



Hi Dennis - these boots are actually leather and good to over 6,000m.

[Dennis]

Wow – I thought that leather had been superseded by man-made materials in high altitude boots, although give me leather for comfort and walking any day.:)

Cheers

Dennis

[Star Catcher]

Nice collection there John, the highlands shot is a winner.
Ted