Some Lunar love from Brisbane

[Dennis]

Here are some lunar images from 18th and 19th Sept from Brisbane.:)

The 1st 4 were from the 18th were seeing was between 6 and 7/10 whereas the last 4 were from the 19th where the seeing had dropped to between 5 and 6/10.

All taken with the ZWO ASI 174MM, Tak Mewlon 201 and Tak x1.6 Extender.

Cheers

Dennis

[beren]

:thumbsup:awesome Dennis , great work

[h0ughy]

Fanbloodytastic

Did you get enough to make a disc stitched up

[multiweb]

Sub zero cool Dennis! My pick would be #6. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Dennis]

Thanks Stuart, David & Marc, I appreciate your comments.:)

@David: sorry, no mosaic. This was my 1st time setting up for a while and as I was a little rusty I decided on a "play-and-enjoy" session rather than a full on imaging mission.;)

How rusty was I? Well, it took me a few goes to work out why Autostakkert was cropping my AVI's...I had "Planet" and not "Surface" selected.:rolleyes:

Cheers

Dennis

[Ross G]

Wow!....great photos Dennis.


You've inspired me to give the moon a try.


Thanks.

Ross.

[RickS]

Doesn't look like you've lost your touch, Dennis. Great stuff!

[silv]

Awesome! What's the name of this crater if it has one? http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment_browse.php?a=233969

I wonder whether ballistic/forensic experts are among moon photographers and what goes through their heads when look at the craters. The rim and outer landscape of the one in the linked photo looks like a volcanic explosion site from the innards of the moon, not an impact crater of an object crashing onto the surface?

[Dennis]

Hi Annette

Here is a screen capture of the region from the "Virtual Moon Atlas", an amazing free application that has Lunar orbiter and other Spacecraft images.:)

Cheers

Dennis

[silv]

Couldn't see the particular landscape nor the crater in your screenshot.
So I reverse-looked up your photo on the web and found the funny crater's name is Aristillus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristillus_(crater)). And that the first lunar landing in 1959 happened in the gap between it's 2 neighbouring craters Archimedes and Autolycus.

Your photos should be on Wikipedia, you know? So detailed and natural looking - amazing!

[peter_4059]

Beautiful detail in those Dennis. Thanks for the view.

[Dennis]

Hi Annette

Good detective work.:)

The http link in your original post took me to the Hyginus Rille image (#1 in the series of 8), hence the "wrong" screen print.

Thanks for your nice comments, I appreciate them.:)

Cheers

Dennis

[Dennis]

Thanks Peter, although I wouldn't admit to it on the DSO Forum, the Moon remains one of my favourite objects.;)

Easy to find and heaps of details.:)

Cheers

Dennis

[peterl]

Well done Dennis.
They look like they were taken from one of the orbiters.
Nice and crisp..


Peter

[Dennis]

Thanks Peter, I appreciate your comments.:)

A combination of some good seeing conditions, along with the larger chip size of the ASI174MM (1900x1200) and a series of amazing apps like FireCapture (Camera Control), Autostakkert (AVI Processing) and Registax (Wavelets) really helps kick things along.:)

Cheers

Dennis

[cometcatcher]

Fantastic shots Dennis. The detail is amazing.

[Bart]

When I clicked on the first photo and it opened, an involuntary "OH, YEAH!" came out.

Great stuff, mate! :eyepop:

[RobF]

Love these Dennis. More please.....

[Dennis]

Thanks Kevin and Bart, I appreciate your comments.:)

Cheers

Dennis

[Dennis]

Thanks Rob, and careful what you wish for, ;) I was out again last night (Fri 21st Sept) and under orders from the IIS Moon Mosaic Maestro (H0ughy):), I gathered 26 AVI's to make a mosaic.

Cheers

Dennis

[RickS]

Some more beauties, Dennis! I had a go the other night at 135mm FL but the results weren't exciting :lol:

[silv]

:eyepop:

Surely you can photograph the Russian Rubbish with your setup they left behind in 1959? The thingy is metallic and should shine, reflect the light...

edit: or maybe not. I read that the tiny pile in Aristillus's center is ~1km high. The lunar probe would be too small even for your gear *sigh*

[Dennis]

Thanks Rick, I appreciate your comments.:)

Annette - I think I have managed to record linear features down to maybe 0.6km wide and craterlets down to perhaps 1.6km wide, so no space junk from my set up I'm afraid.:)

NASA lunar orbiting missions have however, recorded the Apollo and Surveyor landing sites, tracks and the equipment left behind.:)

Cheers

Dennis

[Dennis]

For the die hard Lunar aficionados, here is a link to a 1920 pixel mosaic (https://www.dropbox.com/s/xx5afmsuzg6lk4l/Moon-1-Pano-FLAT-Copy-A-Crop-1920.jpg?dl=0) on DropBox.:)

The file is approx. 440Kb in size.

There is a "+" Zoom Button at the bottom of the DropBox image window to allow a 100% view.

Cheers

Dennis