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Old 19-02-2006, 09:29 AM
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Plato and a few craterlets - Feb 18th

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Around 4:00am the seeing must have hit 9/10 on the Pickering scale 'cos I could easily see the 4 craterlets in Plato on the avi as it was running. I punched the avi through Registax and used Wavelets 1:25 2:15 and 3:10 to bring out some other ones on the floor.

I hope someone was imaging Jupiter 'cos I was so intoxicated with the Moon I forgot and didn’t point the C9.25 to Jove until twilight.

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Old 19-02-2006, 09:34 AM
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Nows thats a great pic of a challenging subject
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Old 19-02-2006, 09:53 AM
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bit hard to find words for this one Dennis, but WOW... I mean WOW
I doubt I've ever seen such fine lunar detail in one frame before, amazing!

Best intentions last night disspated with just a few too many cans

If it stays fine tonight might give Saturn a crack.

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Old 19-02-2006, 10:19 AM
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Thanks guys

I almost packed up around 1:00am 'cos I was getting savaged by mossies and I forgot to switch on the Kendrick dew heater, even though I had fitted it to the OTA.

The SCT corrector dewed up, even with a dew shield and I had to scrabble around in the bathroom to find a hair dryer to clear the corrector plate.

This is too hard I thought, so I made myself a coffee, found that inner peace once more and then got back down to work.

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Old 19-02-2006, 11:10 AM
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Great image Dennis! Wish I was at your site with 9/10 seeing!
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Old 19-02-2006, 12:29 PM
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great image Dennis. If it is favourably visible I always up the power on Plato for a quick crater count
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Old 19-02-2006, 07:45 PM
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Dennis, buddy, your great seeing is the envy of us southerners...

I'll be in Rockhampton for 2 weeks in may, I just pray i'll get something like this on at least one night!

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Old 19-02-2006, 07:50 PM
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Dennis,

That's an awesome image, one of the best I have seen of this area. Under those conditions you probably could have got a good shot of the Alpine Rille also, another nearby challenging target visually and photographically.

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Old 19-02-2006, 08:03 PM
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Awesome Dennis!!!
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Old 19-02-2006, 09:42 PM
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Top shot Dennis Makes me want to check out the moon more often.
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Old 20-02-2006, 04:14 AM
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ice should allowed expletives on special occassions so i can express what i want to express on how good this is.!!!

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Old 20-02-2006, 08:15 AM
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Plato & Alpine Valley montage

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Dennis,

That's an awesome image, one of the best I have seen of this area. Under those conditions you probably could have got a good shot of the Alpine Rille also, another nearby challenging target visually and photographically.

CS-John B

Hi John

Thanks!....and....funny you should mention that...here is a stitched and cropped image of Plato and the Alpine Valley. The rille is barely visible and I have noticed that some other avi's I captured on the same evening seem to suffer low contrast? This could be the result of sub-optimal capture parameters.

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Old 20-02-2006, 08:18 AM
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Great mosaic Dennis! Just lovely.
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Old 20-02-2006, 08:23 AM
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"houston, we are nearing the landing spot, hang on two ticks while i take a shot with my canon 5d out the window............."
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Old 20-02-2006, 01:34 PM
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awsome!!!!
really good moon pics there dennis
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Old 20-02-2006, 03:33 PM
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Totally Awesome!!!! Yes I agree, WOW is in order....!

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Fantastic mosaic Dennis. Looks like another one off to the mags hey?
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