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John K
10-04-2007, 05:22 PM
I am always curious to see how we amateurs are keeping track in relation to Orbiter photos of the moon and I know that some people are exceeding Orbiter resolution.

I took this image of Alphonsus the other nite. Nothing special. Seeing was 6/10 and variable and could only manage to get 200 of the best frames with one alignment point in Registax.

Really interesting stuff! See what you think.

p.s. and yes, I did blink in between the 2 images several times to see if there were any changes. Darn! The moon is really dead after all (at least down to objects of 600-800 meters or so - the estimated resolution of my image)

davidpretorius
10-04-2007, 07:27 PM
the fine lines are superb in your image.....well done

now, next question re your scope..........can it keep tracking all night.... you have a different setup for eq???

RB
10-04-2007, 08:51 PM
Interesting indeed, great work John !

h0ughy
10-04-2007, 09:26 PM
WOW that is a fantastic comparison .