Plato and Vallis Alpes

[EricB]

Hi,

Recently I got myself a Powermate 2.5x. Unfortunately, imaging conditions haven't been the best in my area. I have managed to take a shot of the Plato-Vallis Alpes Area of the Moon with a decent magnification as it's one the prettiest sights to image in my opinion. It's very noisy and seriously lacks focus due to the bad conditions, but I have pushed the processing as far as I could. Still, as a first with the Powermate, I am pretty happy with it. I just wanted to share it with you.

[lepton3]

Eric,

A good image, of a really spectacular part of the moon. Focus can be very hard to find when the seeing is poor. Keep at it, you will be rewarded with good seeing eventually!

-Ivan

[EricB]

Thanks Ivan. I will certainly keep at it and, hopefully, produce better images at that magnification.

Eric

[Shark Bait]

So much detail. The more I look the more I see. Great shot.

[niko]

Great shot! Which scope did you use?

[midnight]

I really like these close in images.

I quite like it especially with the shadows.

Thanks for sharing!

Darrin...

[EricB]

Thanks Stu, Niko and Darrin for your encouraging words.

Niko, i have used a 10" SW dobsonian, a DMK41 and a powermate 2.5x. The avi was stacked and procecessed in registax, levels were amusted in GIMP 2.8.

Eric

[cometcatcher]

The view to me looks as though the photo was taken from a space craft. Awesome shot and I love the shadows.

[EricB]

Thanks Kevin :D

[brian nordstrom]

:D Thats a great shot Eric , I count 4 'craterletts' on the floor of Plato . impressive .
Brian.

[EricB]

Thanks Brian. You must have very good eyesight;)

Eric

[Larryp]

Nice image, Eric:thumbsup:

[EricB]

Thanks Larry!

[EricB]

The same scene two days later. It's less dramatic without the shadows and the Terminator nearby!

Eric

[Larryp]

Certainly makes a difference, Eric. Nice image, too!

[Varangian]

Yep you picked a nice perspective of the moon. Indeed, it does look as if the images is taken back as one is circumnavigating it!

[EricB]

Thanks John!

[Poita]

Beautiful Eric, how many frames?

[EricB]

Hi Peter! Only 100 frames, which is my standard for Moon AVIs now. I usually take 100 frames. If I want a bit more data, I take 250 frames. For mosaics, i only go for 50 frames per panel.

Cheers,

Eric