Hope you are all keeping well and enjoying the winter skies.
After nearly 3 months of astro inactivity due to work, travels, bad weather, etc., I have have managed to take the scope out of hibernation to take a few AVIs of the Moon. It's not fantastic quality due to below average seeing, but, hey, I am happy to be back
Captured with the usual gear: SW 10" and ASI120MM.
From JJnettie's captioned series I think I have worked out its Plato crater. I love the close up shots of the moon like this you can spend hours wondering how the features formed.
Thanks Roger. i never fail to read Charles Woods' Exploring the Moon articles in Sky and Telescope, in which one can learn how lunar features are the way they are. Fascinating stuff!
Amaizing feature details Eric, Nice capturing It is an eye-opening experience to learn the dimensions & how the lunar formations were created, Good show !
Very crisp shots. I especially like the half sunken, Archimedes K, to the right of the main crater. It looks like a reef sticking itself up out of the water at low tide!
Eric what gama did you use on these. Also is it the 640x480 ROI
The Plato/Vallis Alpes is 1280X960, Archimedes is 640x480. Gamma was 55 (I usually keep it around 50, following the advice from SAM at Zwo Opical); gain was on 10.
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Originally Posted by Shark Bait
Feels like I am looking through the eyepiece when the seeing is good.
Thanks Stu! That's the feel I try to achieve when I process my AVIs.
Have not tried my ASI120 on the moon. Must have a go. If I get half as good as you I be happy.
