Theophilus

[Zac Pujic]

The craters Theophilus and Cyrillus.

The larger image is at

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

August 12, 2006
31 cm Newtonian. f/21. SkyNyx 2.1M camera. Wratten 25A filter.
Frames stacked using MAP function with Registax 4 beta.

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

[ballaratdragons]

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WOW Zac, my favourite Lunar Crater group and you've done them proud.

Very clear and crisp. Nice work indeed!!!!! :thumbsup:

[iceman]

Very fine work Zac, a beautiful sharp image with much less artifacts. It's an area of the moon i'm yet to image so your fine image has given me some inspiration to give it a go!

What phase is this area best imaged at?

PS: from august 12! You're a bit behind in your processing ;)

[Dennis]

Hello, Zac

That is a spectacular image of this very interesting and popular region. The detail in the central peaks of Theophilus is quite extraordinary. I can easily resolve these mountains into peaks, ridges, faces and gullies. I would love to climb there!

Cheers

Dennis

[[1ponders]]

That is a special shot Zac. One of my favourite areas around the 4-5 day old moon. :clap: I look at that area all the time and I don't think I've seen Cyrillus "twinning" Theophilus so well. Cyrillus looks like a faded, ghostly mirror of Theophilus.

[ving]

nice one zac :D

[Zac Pujic]

Hey Mike

Actually I finished processing a lot of my Sep 2 and Aug 12 imaging a while ago but I'm just too lazy to post anything. I usually run several copies of Registax (with different avis) overnight so the processing goes quickly.

zac