Colour moon

tornado33 · #1 10-12-2005, 03:49 PM

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Here's a shot of the moon with colour saturation enhanced to bring out the subtle colours of the minerals.
3 x ISO 200 shots, 10 inch F5.6 scope with Baader MPCC, taken last night. Photoshop used to bring out the colours by increasing saturation.
Scott

rumples riot · #2 10-12-2005, 03:50 PM

Nice stuff, lets go mining. Plenty of minerals to get. No environment to foul up. Hmmm. Great image.

fringe_dweller · #3 10-12-2005, 05:33 PM

Scott - Love it! i am a sucker for that type of moon treatment perspective - thanks for posting it

Striker (Tony) · #4 10-12-2005, 05:36 PM

What a great effect.....well done Scotty

Orion · #5 10-12-2005, 07:49 PM

Nice shot Scott.
The colours are a lot more vivid than the last colour moon shot you took. Do you know what minerals represent what colours?

davidpretorius · #6 10-12-2005, 08:09 PM

now that is awesome!!!!

h0ughy (David) · #7 10-12-2005, 08:16 PM

nice one scott, hey orion shouldn't you be at kulnurra!!

Orion · #8 10-12-2005, 08:26 PM

Oh no it's Saturday isn't it!

Orion · #9 10-12-2005, 08:30 PM

Only joking,...

Not this Saturday I'm afraid, anyway it's not quite the same without you Houghy.

h0ughy (David) · #10 10-12-2005, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Orion

Only joking,...

Not this Saturday I'm afraid, anyway it's not quite the same without you Houghy.

I willmake an extra effort when better and drag mr Scott "Tornado" I can find the faint objects" Alder along to share my EQ6 and the autoguider. His effort shown here should be heaps better

Orion · #11 10-12-2005, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

I willmake an extra effort when better and drag mr Scott "Tornado" I can find the faint objects" Alder

Or-- Mr Scott Tornado there's a planetary nebular there you just need averted vision Alder

Greg Bryant · #12 10-12-2005, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Orion

Nice shot Scott.
The colours are a lot more vivid than the last colour moon shot you took. Do you know what minerals represent what colours?

Orion,

The orange colours represent metal-poor basalt.

The purple and blue colours represent metal-rich basalt, the difference between the two being that the blue has >7% titanium, whereas the purple is >3%. In each case, iron is >15%. (percentages by weight)

Looking at Scott's image, the big blue area is the Sea of Tranquility.

Regards,

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #13 10-12-2005, 09:44 PM

love that image

nice work Scott..as usual..first lunar image I have seen from you and its a stunner

tornado33 · #14 10-12-2005, 11:55 PM

Thanks all, glad to share it. I was setting up the scope ready for the following mornings planetary nebula catching, when I noted the moon was nice and high so thought Id try for it, sky was nice and clear and seeing good

, it was awful the night before.
Yep Id love to get under a really dark sky again, though Im booked in for the carols by candlelight at Speers Pt next saturday night, but Lostock awaits.
Scott.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #15 11-12-2005, 12:09 AM

I did that when processing one of my Moon shots and thought it would be picked on if I posted it, expecting "Turn your saturation down!". I thought it was just false colour when I did it.

Minerals huh? Cool. I shall look into it a bit more seriously!

In that case, well done Scott!