Burg, Clavius, Hyginus Rille, Aristoteles and Eudoxus, Fracastorius, Plato, etc.

[Dennis]

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

[cyberplocos (Fabio)]

Great images Dennis!

regards,
Fabio

[h0ughy (David)]

nice mix of areas Dennis. Is this now your favoured setup?

[Dennis]

Thanks Guys!

David – yes, I really like the simplicity, ease of handling and performance of the M180 on the EM200 – the combo looks nice too!

I’ll keep the C9.25 though, as the larger aperture is very useful.

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman (Mike)]

Wow Dennis, what a great portfolio. Very nice lunar images, great to see a) some stuff from you again, and b) some hi-res lunar images.

We're got clouds and rain predicted until Sunday so I'm very much looking forward to more from you to keep my imaging hunger satisfied until then.

[John K]

Hi Dennis,

that's a great collection! a real tour of the moon. Thanks for sharring.

John.

[RB (Andrew)]

Beautiful work Dennis, you've done extremely well in the prevailing conditions.
I'm so glad the Mewlon is delivering the goods, lovely piece of gear indeed !

Like Mike, I too ask that you please keep us fed from your celestial smörgåsbord.

[erick (Eric)]

Cannot wait until I see if I can spot some of those craterlets in Plato visually - another challenge added to my lengthening list.

Lovely photos - I'm printing Plato as a reference for my observing - Thanks Dennis

Eric

[davidpretorius]

Originally Posted by Dennis

Thanks Guys!

David – yes, I really like the simplicity, ease of handling and performance of the M180 on the EM200 – the combo looks nice too!

I’ll keep the C9.25 though, as the larger aperture is very useful.

Cheers

Dennis

easy.........go the 10" or 12" DK...........imagine what that would be like.

great images dennis

[Dennis]

Thank you to everyone, for your very nice comments on the images.

Cheers

Dennis