Lunar Mosaic on a stormy night

[samir_ansari]

Despite the howling wind last night I decided to take advantage of the clear night. I know I can do better next time as the seeing was dreadful for this one and on top of that I almost had to hold onto my mount to stop it flying off into the wind!

This mosaic is 45 panels taken at 3750mm focal length with my QHY5. Each panel is approximately 700 frames.

Here are the full mosaics in full size and 50% (I prefer the 50% resize personally):

http://www.samiransari.co.uk/images/Other_images/moon_stitch_halfsize.jpg

http://www.samiransari.co.uk/images/Other_images/moon_stitch_fullsize.jpg

And here are a few 100% crops:

[samir_ansari]

Here's a more web-friendly 17% scale version:

[Dave Smith]

Vey nice Samir. I agree, the 50% is best. The full size is similar to viewing with too powerful an eyepiece. I spite of the conditions, a very worthwhile result.

Dave

[samir_ansari]

Thanks Dave! I'm going to try this one again on a night with better seeing I think

[Stargazing_Cliff]

Superb close imaging like to see them.

[Fay]

Beautiful Samir, really crystal clear.

Fay