Moon 30 April - quick mosaic & a close up

[AstroFlyer (Arek)]

A couple of shots of Moon from tonight. With crap weather we had lately I'll grab any chance I get.
I had only 20 mins before the clouds started to roll in.
Tak FS - 102, acA1300-30gm, processed in AutoStakkert 2, mosaic assembled in CS6, no other processing, straight from the camera.

Much bigger, original size:
http://tinyurl.com/7etc87p

Close up. Same as above + 2 x Celestron barlow, a little bit of unsharpen filter in CS6.

Bigger version:
http://tinyurl.com/7mxe2pw

Thanks for looking.
Arek

[Saturnine (Jeff)]

Excellent images Arek, the lighting and crispness of your images make me envious. The 8 day old moon has so much to see along the terminator , it's hard to know where to look.

Jeff

[AstroFlyer (Arek)]

Thank you Jeff.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

very smooth detailed images Arek. regards Ray

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Hi Arek - pity the mosaic was not completed - looks fantastic!

[AstroFlyer (Arek)]

Thank you Ray.

Thanks Matt - I only had Tak out for short time, just to check the collimation, etc.
But after SO many months of crap weather seeing looked pretty good, so despite the clouds rolling in I decided to play with the camera. I was surprised I got that much - total scope time 20 mins. Considering there was not enough time for the scope to equalize & virtually zero processing I am very happy with the results.
I guess now I know why Taks have such a good reputation...

[Clayton]

Lovely work Arek