Gassendi crater

[ChrisM]

As well as 1200 m high mountains, Gassendi crater has quite a complex of rilles on its floor.

I'm not sure that I'm using Autostakkert and Registax optimally, but reasonably happy with the result given the pretty ordinary seeing. This image was taken on 19th August (11 day old Moon).

14" SCT at f/10, ASI462 with a 742 nm IR bandpass filter.
Processed with PIPP, Autostakkert 3, Registax 6 & LR.
Best 60% from 5102 frames @ 60 fps.

[multiweb (Marc)]

That looks terrific. Lots of fine details.

[John W (John Wilkinson)]

Nice image Chris showing great detail in the interior of the crater. Thanks JW.

[ChrisM]

Originally Posted by multiweb

That looks terrific. Lots of fine details.

Originally Posted by John W

Nice image Chris showing great detail in the interior of the crater. Thanks JW.

Thanks Marc and John - appreciate your comments and I think I now need to catch some better seeing to do a little better, but as I said, reasonably pleased with this one.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

amazing shot

[ChrisM]

Originally Posted by alan meehan

amazing shot

Thanks Alan- glad you liked it.
Chris

[Dennis]

Lovely detail Chris.

And at the primary F10 focus too.

Cheers

Dennis

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Really nice rendition Chris.

[ChrisM]

Originally Posted by Dennis

Lovely detail Chris.

And at the primary F10 focus too.

Cheers

Dennis

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Really nice rendition Chris.

Thanks Dennis and Pete - I really appreciate your comments. It must be Moon time again soon!

[Eris (Gerard)]

Chris this is a great shot. The detail resolved in Gassendi crater is impressive. Well done.

[Saturnine (Jeff)]

I've come back and viewed this Gassendi several times and am still impressed with the detail and crispness of the image, top shot.

[ChrisM]

Originally Posted by Saturnine

I've come back and viewed this Gassendi several times and am still impressed with the detail and crispness of the image, top shot.

Originally Posted by Eris

Chris this is a great shot. The detail resolved in Gassendi crater is impressive. Well done.

Thanks Jeff and Gerard- glad you liked this crater.

On a side note, I was cursing the Moon last week because I was wanting to take some MW shots whilst I was away in a dark sky regional area......but the timing was unfortunate.