A clear night beckoned and I decided to have quick visual session and grab a few images. Unfortunately the heat haze/currents were abysmal till at least an hour after last-light, and by that time the moon was really low in the sky which made for really turbulent conditions and fine-focus was almost impossible. No keepers here but since it's been such a long time since my last lunar session thought I'd post my efforts anyway.
Posidonius Crater
Rima Ariadaeus
Aristoteles and Eudoxus
Atlas and Hercules
An area I want to revisit in better conditions is the Rima Ariadaeus and surrounding rills. I was really captivated by these features and (through the eyepiece) spent some time scanning the whole area following the length of the rills back and forth. I found some images of these areas from Apollo 10 that just blew me away!
c14 (non edge) @f11 with asi178mm (IR685 filter)
AS!3, Registax6
10ms, 5min captures, best 2%
Thanks for looking guys!
PS- Ironically, after this I reset the rig for some dso imaging and by midnight I was imaging in some of the most stable conditions I've ever had here....
