Lunar South Western limb

Date of image 10/11/2016.

Hardware details: Camera: Canon 550D in 640X480 movie crop mode 60fps. ISO 800 exposure 1/640s. Telescope: SW Skymax 150 MakCass. No filters were used and the camera was at prime focus. Mount: EQ5 Pro. The scope was focused using a Bahtinov mask on a bright star. The stack is taken from about 4 minutes of video (~14400 frames).

The details of processing are the same as the first attempt image. I may have tweaked the gamma but that is the only difference.

Comments:

The image shows the heavily cratered southwestern region of the Moon, centred on the fantastic crater Clavius. Being on the limb of the Moon means that deep shadows increase the contrast in this area. This makes for a good target for a new be like myself.  The image is a bit sharper than the first attempt, perhaps the telescope is getting closer to ambient temperature.