Lunar: Clavius Mosaic, Tycho Mosaic and the straight wall

[iceman]

Hi guys.

Here's a few shots of the moon from yesterday morning, in-between Mars captures.

Each mosaic is made up of 3 images, and each image is a stack of between 5-10 frames. Stitched in autostitch, processed in photoshop.

For a fullsize version of the mosaic's (at 3750mm FL), click the following links:

Clavius Mosaic (230k) (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/images/images/moon/20050729-clav-mosaic-full.jpg)

Tycho Mosaic (230k) (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/images/images/moon/20050729-tycho-mosaic-full.jpg)

Don't forget to expand them if your browser resizes them.

See the smaller sized versions in the attachments below. There's also a shot of the straight wall.

I think these are my best moon shots at that focal length, I am particularly pleased with the Tycho shot.

Comments welcome.

[quicksimon]

Great shots!!
Focus looks bang on. very good for fl. Did you use the eq platform?
Cheers
Simon

[Striker]

Great stuff Mike......

[gbeal]

Nice MIke, so how did Mars look?

[Dennis]

Hi Mike

Those are very nice images - excellent technique to get these with a dobsonian. I agree with your favourite; the terraces in Tycho look almost within reach.

Well done.

Dennis

[iceman]

Thanks guys.

Gary:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=3158

And yes, these were using the EQ platform, however it wasn't properly aligned (see Mars post) and so I could only capture about 300 frames at a time (@10fps).