South Pole, Moretus & Clavius mosaic - R4 rocks!

[Dennis]

Hello,

Here is a 3 pane mosaic of the lunar south pole and the craters Moretus and Clavius that I first posted in Feb 2006, processed in Registax 3 with single alignment points. With the magic of MAPs in R4, I just re-processed the avi’s and have been trying to identify the features on the profile. I think the 2 mountains top right are M1 and M3 as seen in Charles Wood’s “The Modern Moon”, Chart A on Page 127.

If the libration had been more favourable, like the image Zac posted, I would also have imaged M5, which Dr Wood states is “informally named Mount Clementine, it may be an ideal site for a future solar energy farm because it is exposed to sunlight more than 90% of the time”. Zac’s image shows both M5 and M4 as labelled in Chart A in Dr Wood’s book on Page 127.

Cheers

Dennis

PS – I am pleased that I archived my old avi’s so I can now re-visit the better ones for re-processing with R4.
PPS - R4 was able to auto-select between 30 and 50 alignment points due to the good seeing and fine detail in the 3 panes.

[ving (David)]

almost as good as mine

that a brilliant shot dennis!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

That really is an awesome shot Dennis

[RB (Andrew)]

Stunning work Dennis !

[h0ughy (David)]

A very ordinary effort Dennis, you don't even have frames to fill in the corners to make the image look normal. (can't tell him its an absolutely awsome image that should be on the cover of a magazine!!!)

[iceman (Mike)]

I remember that shot! Even better this time around, good stuff Dennis!

[Ric]

Wow
This is a very stunning image Dennis, it makes you feel like you can step out and go for a stroll around.
You should definitely send it to LPOD.

cheers

[sheeny (Al)]

Just as impressive second time around! Wow! I can see you footprints... all over the place!!!

Al.

[John K]

Incredible stuff Dennis! One of the best "I am flying over the moon" type images I have seen.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Absolutely brilliant!

Cheers Petra

[Robert_T]

Hey Dennis, this one still rates I reckon as one of the best Amateur images of all time... it was gob smacking the first time, I wasn't dreaming

cheers,

[Dennis]

Hi Robert

Thanks…. and what a pleasant surprise, to hear from you again! Welcome back, you've been missed and I hope to see your stunning Lunar and Planetary images once more.

Cheers

Dennis

[matt]

Yep. No doubt about it Dennis.

One of the most amazing images produced by a backyard astronomer with a modest aperture scope I've ever seen.

I've not looked at this one since you first posted it all those months ago.

It's still gob-smackingly great!!!!!!

You have to send it in to the astromags.

Imagine it printed over a quarter or half page

[33South (Chris)]

Originally Posted by John K

Incredible stuff Dennis! One of the best "I am flying over the moon" type images I have seen.

yeah great stuff - "I am flying over the moon" - thats how how I judge a great moon picture