Another Plato

[Zac Pujic]

I know. Its a bit overphotographed. Here it is anyway.

http://astroimg.org/LunarPics/PlatoZacPujic.jpg

September 2, 2006.
31 cm Newtonian at f/28. SkyNyx 2.1M. Wratten 25A filter
Frames stacked using MAP function with Registax 4 beta

Zac Pujic
Brisbane, Australia
http://astroimg.org

[iceman]

Excellent detail and resolution, Zac.

For personal preference though, I prefer it scaled back a bit (without the resampling), as it appears much sharper and less artifacts from the resampling.

Looking forward to more fine images, Zac.

[Dennis]

Very nice Zac. Heaps of detail throughout this wonderful image. I never tire of seeing Plato; there are so many things to see at different phases of the Moon and the varying angles of illumination.

Cheers

Dennis

[ving]

a stack of detail there zac, thanks :D

[Zac Pujic]

Hey Mike,

Actually it's not resampled. The SkyNyx 2.1M has a 1392 X 1040 pixel chip size (and 4.65 um pixels if I remember). I usually just cut out the edges where stacking shifted frames gives a fuzzy edge, but otherwise I don't resample the SkyNyx images. I haven't had good enough seeing to really push the camera. The seeing on the night was averagey, hence the poor image.

At least the jetstream is subsiding.

zac

[iceman]

ah sorry for the misunderstanding, Zac. I can't believe the resolution of those cameras.

Man registax must take ages to chug through those size files.