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iceman
13-03-2007, 07:54 AM
Hi all

Here's some lunar images I took on Sunday morning while waiting for the seeing to improve to image Jupiter.

In general, the seeing was horrible and the image bounced and waved about all over the screen. However with some MAP magic and just enough sharp frames, I was able to salvage some data from the session.

Each avi was captured for 1 minute @ 30fps (1/30s) to get about 1800-2000 frames. I stacked 200 frames on each alignment point. Each image had between 2 and 5 alignment points. I probably should've used more in some cases as there are still fuzzy and blurry parts of each frame.

Registax wavelets followed by mild LR deconvolution, contrast adjust and noise reduction was used during the processing of these images.

In order:
1. Tycho
2. Moretus (love the fly-over feeling)
3. Rupes Recta (straight wall)
4. Aristillus
5. Plato (seeing was the worst during this)
6. Mouchez - one I haven't captured before. I liked the look of the large mountain to the lower left of the image.

I captured 2 avi's of Clavius (for a mosaic), but the seeing was rubbish and I couldn't get anything resembling Clavius after processing :)

I'm quite happy with the results given the conditions at the time (4-5/10).

Captured with 12" GSO Newt on an EQ6, DMK21AF04 + 5x powermate + R filter. Effective focal length approx 9.5m+.

Thanks for looking.

Dennis
13-03-2007, 08:28 AM
Very nice portfolio Mike - I had a similar 4/10 experience the other night but trashed the lot! Should have kept them to see what I could squeeze out of the batch.

Cheers

Dennis

sheeny
13-03-2007, 09:09 AM
Very nice Mike!

Al.

ving
13-03-2007, 01:55 PM
very nice images mike :)

is it just me or do the first 2 images have er... soft spots to them? it like some spots arent as sharp as others... maybe its just me :shrug:

iceman
13-03-2007, 01:58 PM
You don't read my posts ving :boohoo:

ving
13-03-2007, 02:10 PM
lol, i am still recoving from the flu... :P
thats my excuse and i am sticking to it :)

they are mighty fine images tho mike :)

matt
13-03-2007, 06:26 PM
Mike.

These are great, despite the conditions.

I love 2 and 6.

So much difference in the geography.

Excellent work

John K
13-03-2007, 06:47 PM
Great images Mike especially taking into account the poor seeing conditions. Looks like you are also getting a really nice image scale with your 12".

davidpretorius
13-03-2007, 06:49 PM
have to agree with the boys, these are great!

5 would be a target to try for again....love the smoothness of the floor of the crater

beren
13-03-2007, 07:26 PM
:) very nice , lots of lunar action the last few days :thumbsup:

iceman
14-03-2007, 06:41 AM
Thanks guys, i'm pleased with what I was able to get out of the avi's. I didn't think they were much chop to begin with.

iceman
14-03-2007, 08:47 AM
I just calculated the resolution of these is approx 220m / pixel (thanks to Al for the formula (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=63,346,0,0,1,0)).

Need an extension tube :)

huckabuck
14-03-2007, 09:03 AM
fantastic mike, btw how did you come out in the CN photo contest? i voted for ya:D

67champ
17-03-2007, 12:34 AM
Sweet!!! I like the Moretus pic the best...

dt