Finally some hi-res imaging again

[iceman (Mike)]

Went out Sunday night to do some lunar imaging.. first hi-res imaging in a LONG time, due to seeing, weather, and other things.

Unfortunately the seeing was terrible for the most part, not helped by rapidly dropping temperatures after a warm day and a cold night.

Here's the only 2 salvagable images from the session:
1. Moretus
2. Blancanus, Klaproth and Casatus (South-West of Clavius) mosaic of 2 frames.

12" newt, 5x powermate, DMK21AF04 + Astronomik R filter.

Thanks for looking.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Very nice Mike Amazing how you get them to look three dimensional.

[Lee]

Very nice.... not your best lunar shots Mike, but still outstanding....

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

nice work Mike!

Bird

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

They are good for the seeing.

Number 1 looks excellent. It really looks like a HUGE crater, whereas number 2 looks like the craters could be any size (could be a few feet across).

With number 1 I see it as an enormous crater and all the different levels down the inside wall like a giant open-cut mine. And the hill in the centre actually looks like an enormous mini-mountain!!!

Strange how some things look big and others look small.

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks guys.

and yeh Ken, I think it's all a question of perspective. Under different lighting and at different librations, Moretus can look really different.

It's always been one of my favourite craters.

[RB (Andrew)]

Wow these look amazing on my CRT Mike, great work.
I was about to write the same thing, just as I noticed Ken's post.
Moretus does looks like an open-cut mine, fantastic mate.

[Miaplacidus (Brian)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

...whereas number 2 looks like the craters could be any size (could be a few feet across).

That would be impressive lunar craters viewed through a 12 inch newtonian!

Nice work, Mike.

Cheers,

Brian.

[zipdrive (Dave)]

wow! awsome!!

[Liz]

Beautiful pics Mike,great to see some different craters too.