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Dennis
22-10-2023, 05:33 PM
I managed to find some nice detail on our Moon during a spell of settled seeing on 21st October 2023.

Captured in SharpCap, processed in Autostakkert!3, Wavesharp and PS. Best 1,000 frames from 5,000.

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Apollo 11, Surveyor 5, Ranger 8, craterlets Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins.

I managed to image these mission landing sites and the craterlets Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, located in the North-East Quadrant, East part of Mare Tranquillitatis.

ARMSTRONG
Dimension: 5.0x5.0Km / 3.0x3.0Mi
Height: 670.0' / 2000.0ft
Longitude: 24.944° East
Latitude: 1.354° North

ALDRIN
Dimension: 3.0x3.0Km / 2.0x2.0Mi
Height: 600.0' / 1800.0ft
Longitude: 22.090° East
Latitude: 1.406° North

COLLINS
Dimension: 3.0x3.0Km / 2.0x2.0Mi
Height: 560.0' / 1700.0ft
Longitude: 23.709° East
Latitude: 1.298° North

Posidonious, Atlas and Hercules

Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina and Mare Nectaris with Fracastorious.

Mare Serenitatis and Posidonius

Janssen and Maurolycus

Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina and Mare Nectaris with Petavius

Dennis
Rainmaker
22-10-2023, 05:36 PM
Excellent work Dennis !
Tinderboxsky
23-10-2023, 08:43 AM
Fabulous, Dennis.
Saturnine
23-10-2023, 09:31 AM
Excellent set of images Dennis , some great resolution provided by the seeing. The amount of tiny craterlets on the Mare Serenitatis that are revealed is impressive. Without actually doing measurements (lazy) it would suggest a resolution approaching less than a kilometre, from a backyard about 340,000 kms away !
Dave882
23-10-2023, 10:13 AM
Wonderful detail!
Dennis
23-10-2023, 12:15 PM
Thank you Matt, Steve, Jeff and David, I appreciate your comments.:)

@Jeff – I did have a quick look at the Virtual Moon Atlas and I suspect that I was able to resolve down to 1 – 1.5 kms due to the good seeing and the slanting illumination.

It was quite special to not only have a clear night again, but good seeing too.:)

Dennis
5ash
26-10-2023, 12:54 PM
Lovely pictures , so much detail . I like the hints of colour , am not a fan of over coloured lunar pictures . Regards philip:thumbsup: