Some wonderful lunar vistas with the Apollo 11, Ranger 8 and Surveyor 5 landing sites

[Dennis]

Last night in Brisbane we enjoyed some quite steady skies with a crescent Moon setting in the west. I checked VMA (Virtual Moon Atlas) and it indicated that the craterlet Armstrong and the Apollo 11 landing site would be very close to the terminator, so I set up to grab a few AVI’s.

The seeing was pure joy, with small, delicate details popping into and out of sharp focus without any smearing.:) The craterlets Armstrong and Collins were nicely resolved with Aldrin remaining in the shadows.

All taken with a Tak Mewlon 210, Tak x1.6 Extender and ASI174MM CMOS camera.

Stacked and Aligned in AS!3, Wavelets in regisrax6 and finishing in PS CC.

Cheers

Dennis

[RichardJ]

Hi Dennis,

My seat is upright and tray table stowed. Looks like we will be landing shortly.
Lovely shots. Love the fine detail!

Richard.

[multiweb]

:eyepop: That's an awesome serie Dennis. Sub zero cool. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

Wow wow wow wow mmmmmm nice

[Saturnine]

Oh my, they are very nice and crisp, as good as any I've seen anywhere, impressive.

[Averton]

Hi Dennis, Absolutely sensational pictures. Love the detail.
Clare & Peter

[Dennis]

Thank you for your comments Richard, Marc, Dave, Jeff and Clare & Peter, I appreciate them.:)

I never tire of nice views of our Moon and its such an easy target.

Cheers

Dennis

[Retrograde]

A beautiful series of images superbly processed.

[Dennis]

Thanks Pete, I appreciate your comments.:)

Its a pity I had to end the session as thermals from house roofs began to spoil the seeing.:(

Cheers

Dennis

[GrahamL]

Stunning Dennis .

[Startrek]

Just like looking out of the Apollo Command Module forward window in lunar orbit
Sensational !!!!

[Dennis]

Thank you Graham and Martin, I appreciate your comments.:)

The next evening, I used my ASI224MC Colour camera and added a TeleVue x5.0 PowerMate into the mix and was able to resolve these two artefacts on the lunar surface.;)

Cheers

Dennis

Truth & Disclaimer: Lunar Rover and Lunokhod photos taken at the Qld Museum in Brisbane - they are on display in the NASA Exhibition that runs until 9th Oct 2019.:)

[HCR32]

Love seeing the Apollo 11 site. Especially when it’s dotted for me.
Great work!!

[Dennis]

Thanks Peter, I appreciate your comments.:)

I used Virtual Moon Atlas to identify the location of the missions.

Cheers

Dennis

[Derek Klepp]

Great set Dennis my favourite is the second last .
Derek

[gbeal]

Wowsers Den, lovely.
Gary

[andyc]

Very nice Dennis, particularly the one of the Messier craters - that's almost artistic with the lighting, and great details.

[Allan_L]

Really nice,
thanks for sharing :thumbsup: