Hello,
The wee hours of the morning in Brisbane delivered some reasonable seeing, ranging from 5/10 to 6/10 with moments of 7/10 for brief spells. Sets of clouds marred the overall session and several AVI’s were ruined by clouds dimming then obliterating the target.
As a result, the quality of the following images vary due to the conditions. Some AVI’s had over 400 frames from 2100 that contributed to the final image; others could only scrape up 130 to 150 due to the AVI run being shortened by the clouds. All images made extensive use of between 5 and 10 Multiple Alignment Points in Registax 4 to cope with the variable seeing.
The lunar features are:
- Burg in the Lacus Mortis.
- Clavius, quite foreshortened.
- The Hyginus Rille.
- A 2 pane mosaic of Aristoteles and Eudoxus.
- Fracastorius.
- Plato.
- Posidonius, and finally,
- Theophillus.
Mewlon 180 F12 DK cassegrain, TeleVue x2.5 Powermate and DMK21AF04.AS ccd camera.
Brisbane, 7th May 2007, from 1:26am to 3:58am AEST (GMT+10)
Cheers
Dennis