26 pane High Res Plato mosaic

[Jupiterholic]

Taken last night (5th) I was quite pleased to capture Sinus Iridum, first time for me. Seeing wasn't all that great but with a mosaic this size thats not such a major issue.

Plato_Sinus Iridum_26 panes_05_12_2011 by Jupiterholic, on Flickr

[Ju_Cooper]

That's an absolutely stunning mosaic I must try harder

[angusb1]

Wow.

[MjrTom]

Wow its like looking from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

Thanks for sharing., it's my favourite part of the moon.

[Stargazer Jack]

Superb!

[Dave Smith]

Brilliant.

Dave

[Telrad]

Fantastic shot Jupiterholic, looks really good. nice detail across the surface. Well done!

[Jupiterholic]

Thanks all. This was a more satisfying mosaic as I had to go out again two hours after shooting it to try and plug the blimmin great hole in the middle of Mare Imbrium that I'd missed first time round. Stupid featureless Maria, really hard to know what bits you have and haven't done at these magnifications.

[Astroblagger]

Lovely mosaic, very sharp!

[oldfruit]

You image is really impressive. Sharp, the contrast is good, so much detail visible too. Love the craterlets on the floor of Plato.

[Gina]

WOW!! Indeed!! That must be the best image of the moon I've ever seen So sharp and such detail, it's as if you're actually there - absolutely brilliant, I am in awe

[steppenwolf]

Yummie, I really, really like that - fabulous detail and sympathetic processing.

[Jupiterholic]

Thanks guys. Very kind words. Much appreciated.

[jgs001]

Wow, that's superb detail... and a lot of panes for that area.

[AstroLuke]

Awsome mosaic!! Cant believe the details you get. Compared to the trys i have had this is amazing!

[Jupiterholic]

Wow, that's superb detail... and a lot of panes for that area.

Yeah it was all shot through a red light filter using a 2x barlow. So I was up pretty close with each capture. You really notice at that mag how much the moon wobbles in its orbit. My poor go-to's lunar tracking was really put through its paces. And didn't do a very good job, hence the great big gaping hole left after round one of the shoot

[Space Cowboy]

A very high class piece of work Mr. Lunarholic!

[eid]

That's really inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

eid

[Jupiterholic]

Mr. Lunarholic!

[Steve 1962]

Well worth all that effort - well done!

[Black Knight]

It's a cracking image, that's for sure!

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[Beyond_Vision]

Now that is really impressive the detail is superb

Regards

Kevin

[barkis]

What a sight, simply stunning production JupH.

Ain't the moon beautiful.

Ron.

[saturn5]

Wonderful detail and processing.

[Aoraki]

Superb image, hopefully one day...........