And another Alpine Valley

Zac Pujic · #1 13-09-2006, 11:42 PM

The one thing more photographed on the Moon that Plato is....

http://astroimg.org/LunarPics/AlpineValleyZacPujic.jpg

Zac

iceman (Mike) · #2 14-09-2006, 06:13 AM

It may be overphotographed, but you've added another beautiful rendition of it.

The rille really jumps out, testament to the high resolution, good seeing and good processing used to capture the image.

Well done.

Dennis · #3 14-09-2006, 06:54 AM

Hello, Zac

Another very fine image from Pujic labs! I copied the image into Corel Photo Paint and zoomed in on a small segment of the fine inner rille, and it appears to be at least 3 or 4 pixels wide. Incredible.

Cheers

Dennis

[1ponders] (Paul) · #4 14-09-2006, 07:08 AM

Lovely shot Zac. Your new camera looks to have great potential. I bet you're waiting desperately for a night of good seeing.

Was that shot taken last Tuesday night (about the only clear night we've had for weeks ) when it was blowing about force 8?

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #5 14-09-2006, 10:06 AM

That is a very nice image Zac, well done.

ving (David) · #6 14-09-2006, 10:10 AM

well done zac

was it you purpose to gain as much detail inthe rile as you could regardless of burning out some bright areas?

Zac Pujic · #7 14-09-2006, 10:40 PM

ving, usually it's a fine line between increasing the midtones to make the image brighter (which causes some areas like peaks and crater walls to burn out), and keeper a darker image which shows detail in bright areas, but lacks zing.

paul, I took the image on Sep 2 (saturday before the Smart-1 impact). It was a relatively unwindy night in Brisbane but sunday night was horrible. The moon was violently dancing around the frame. And yes, I am rather desperately waiting for a night of good seeing. I have taken very few images that show as much detail as the ToUcam since I was able to use the webcam in summer nights. Nevetheless, the SkyNyx is vastly superior since it has much lower noise, smaller pixels and a larger chip.