Clavius / Rutherford

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #1 25-09-2007, 12:44 PM

I captured a lot of data on Clavius last Sunday evening in pretty good seeing. The whole mosaic will take a while to complete but here's the first panel showing a nice view of Rutherford, a prominent crater that forms part of the Clavius group.

Scope: http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/lexx.html
Capture: 11,000 frames @ 40fps through red astronomik filter, stack 4000
frames

regards, Bird

iceman (Mike) · #2 25-09-2007, 01:01 PM

Holy cow! That is huge! The mosaic will be mind blowing!

Is that upsampled?

Brilliant image Anthony, I can't wait for the final.

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #3 25-09-2007, 01:08 PM

It's upsampled by about 25% - I upsampled it 50% before processing and then downsampled at the end by a little bit just to help remove some noise.

cheers, Bird

bkm2304 (Richard Brown) · #4 25-09-2007, 04:56 PM

Far out!

How big is the scope you're using?

Alchemy (Clive) · #5 25-09-2007, 06:08 PM

awesome, id guess youre shooting at about 12000mm focal length ? How far can you go?

Good stuff keep it coming

Dennis · #6 25-09-2007, 06:19 PM

Oh my goodness me – I just fell off our Swiss fit ball. What an amazing image Anthony – you seem to have re-written the laws of what is feasible using Earth based instruments.

Cheers

Dennis

davidpretorius · #7 25-09-2007, 06:59 PM

you close enough???????

thanks for that one, its a beauty

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #8 25-09-2007, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alchemy

awesome, id guess youre shooting at about 12000mm focal length ? How far can you go?

Good stuff keep it coming

Hi Alchemy, good guess - focal length was around 14000mm, 1810mm native x 7.7 (5x powermate with extension tubes).

cheers, Bird

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #9 25-09-2007, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidpretorius

you close enough???????

Never!

bird (Anthony Wesley) · #10 25-09-2007, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dennis

Oh my goodness me – I just fell off our Swiss fit ball. What an amazing image Anthony – you seem to have re-written the laws of what is feasible using Earth based instruments.

Cheers

Dennis

Nah, resolution is just under 1km on this image (ie craters 1km in diameter are clearly seen as craters, not just spots). In good seeing I could double the resolution :-)

cheers, Bird