Plato and Vallis Alpes

EricB (Eric) · #1 23-11-2012, 08:02 PM

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 (Ivan) · #2 23-11-2012, 08:17 PM

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 (Eric) · #3 23-11-2012, 08:35 PM

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

Eric

Shark Bait (Stu) · #4 23-11-2012, 08:40 PM

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

niko · #5 23-11-2012, 09:52 PM

Great shot! Which scope did you use?

midnight (Darrin) · #6 23-11-2012, 10:02 PM

I really like these close in images.

I quite like it especially with the shadows.

Thanks for sharing!

Darrin...

EricB (Eric) · #7 24-11-2012, 08:28 AM

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 (Kevin) · #8 24-11-2012, 09:14 AM

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

EricB (Eric) · #9 24-11-2012, 02:03 PM

Thanks Kevin

brian nordstrom (As avatar) · #10 24-11-2012, 05:01 PM

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

EricB (Eric) · #11 24-11-2012, 05:23 PM

Thanks Brian. You must have very good eyesight

Eric

Larryp (Laurie) · #12 24-11-2012, 05:29 PM

Nice image, Eric

EricB (Eric) · #13 24-11-2012, 10:48 PM

Thanks Larry!

EricB (Eric) · #14 26-11-2012, 09:14 PM

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

Eric

Larryp (Laurie) · #15 26-11-2012, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricB

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

Eric

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

Varangian (John) · #16 28-11-2012, 02:02 PM

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 (Eric) · #17 28-11-2012, 06:51 PM

Thanks John!

Poita (Peter) · #18 01-12-2012, 07:05 AM

Beautiful Eric, how many frames?

EricB (Eric) · #19 01-12-2012, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poita

Beautiful Eric, how many frames?

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