A Few More Lunar Close-ups
Interesting night last night under the moon - atrocious conditions early but after deciding to go inside I came back to it around 10pm had really improved nicely. After a nice visual session I switched to the camera and got a few shots off before it went bad (real bad) and then clouds came over - so I was half way packing up when it cleared and just for kicks put the binoviewers on again and WOW was so stable I added the Barlow and was comfortably viewing at close to 400x. Tiredness kicked in and didn't have it in me to do any more imaging - but here's a few that I got!
Clavius - was interested to have another crack here after my attempt a few nights back. Very interesting comparison and the conditions seem to have provided a nice boost to the detail in the crater floor and surrounds. I like the framing with a wider view...
Aristarchus Plateau - Just loved the contrast between the super smooth plateau and those impact rays - and then the canyons formed by lava flows eons ago.
Schickard-Wargantin-Phocylides-Nasmyth - Love the "X-marks the spot" marking on top of Wargantin - apparently when struck the blast perforated the crust causing lava to fill the crater to the brim!
A couple more to come as I process them...
The setup:
c14 non edge
asi178mm & IR685
AS!3 / Regi6
Thanks for looking!
Last edited by Dave882; 02-06-2023 at 02:07 PM.
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