Lunar Shots 9-10th Sept

[Dave882]

Hi folks-
Conditions have been woeful of late but the jet stream seemed to settle down last night, albeit a rather thick layer of high cloud made things a little tricky...

Here's a few shots that took my fancy:
Theophilus_Cyrillus_Catharina Caters
Aristotle_Eudoxus Craters
Hyginus Rille & Crater

I think my favourite is the Aristotle & Eudoxus Craters - I just loved the impact ejecta strewn to the side...and can almost visualise it happening!

Also interested by the Hyginus crater (shot in very unstable conditions on the 9th), which as I understand, is one of the only craters on the moon that is not caused by an impact, but rather by volcanic activity!

c14 (non edge) @f11 with asi178mm (IR685 filter)
AS!4, Registax6
13ms, 20k frames, best 5%

Thanks for looking!

[Saturnine]

Nice work Dave, the Aristotle Eudoxus image is a cracker. The seeing down here was horrible last night and the high cloud didn't help.

[Dave882]

Thanks Jeff sorry to hear it was a write-off for you down there. Once the moon had dropped I moved over to Saturn and later on was easily the best seeing of the season I’d say. But the high cloud was quite thick so transparency was rubbish

[Tinderboxsky]

Fabulous images, David. Enjoyed exploring the details in each of the images.

[Dave882]

Thanks Steve!

[strongmanmike]

Excellent Dave, we should be able to see the Apollo landers, surely..? :D

Mike

[Dave882]

Thank you kindly Mike. Not sure I’ve quite got that kind of resolution lol but when the conditions are good I reckon features under 1000m are certainly discernible. I can easily spend a great deal of time behind the eyepiece observing the moon- always always something new to see!

[Startrek]

Dave,
As always excellent lunar imaging
Can’t beat a C14 for this field of AP
Well done !
Martin

[Dave882]

Thanks very much Martin