Copernicus, Clavius + Tycho

[iceman]

While creating the mosaic (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1791), I liked the look of a few individual frames so I processed them independantly.

Below is Copernicus, 95km x 95km big and the other bright (smaller) rayed crater to the top right is Kepler, 32km x 32km in size. South is up, East is left.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/images/images/moon/20050422-copernicus.jpg


In this shot, we've got the Tycho and Clavius area on the southern rim. South is up, East is left.
Tycho (88km x 88km) is at the bottom, just right of the middle.
Clavius (231km x 231km) and the smaller craters within (Porter and Rutherford are the 2 larger ones on the left (east) rim, and Clavius D,C,N,J are the 4 smaller ones in the middle) is located above (south) and slightly to the left (east) of Tycho, just above the middle of the image.
Moretus (117km x 117km) is a prominent looking crater to the south-east of Clavius, halway to the rim.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/images/images/moon/20050422-clavius.jpg

Crater details discovered with the help of Virtual Moon Atlas!

Details:
- Captured: 1st Feb 2005, processed today
- 10" dob (no tracking) with ToUcam @ 1250mm FL (prime)
- Seeing 7-8/10
- 10fps

Comments welcome.

[xelasnave]

Why did you wait so long to process them, they are great, such detail, I live for the day I can get it that sharp
alex

[ving]

not too light and yet nice contrast. well done mike :)

[Exfso]

Yes, they are great images, top stuff.

:cool:

[MiG]

I think they are a bit overprocessed, but then again in astrophotography it's a bit harder to get good images than land photography.