Going Loony

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Last night the sky was clear and the moon was big and high. Shame the seeing was awful, but you can't have everything. So heres some snaps that I took. The kit and exposure details are on Stargazrs if anyone is interested.

First off, a moody one.

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And one with the colour saturation turned up. This shows that the seas are actually made of different coloured stuff so there are probably different minerals causing the different colours.

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This one is processed but not cropped, it shows the moon with some space round it. I think it looks nice in the black.

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I had a go with the 16HR as well, getting a scratchy looking moon - lots of contrast enhancements as the full moon is fairly evenly lit.

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I went all close-up getting ready for Mars to show up, these two are on the Tal 200K. Unfortunately the seeing wouldn't let me use a Barlow.

Tycho

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Vallis Alpes

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And a montage showing where the two detail close-ups are in relation to the disk.

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Kaptain Klevtsov

[Black Shuck]

Very nice KK. 8)

Particularly enjoyed the "moody" one.

Cheers

Bill£

[SteelRat]

Great shots KK - like em all but the moody one's my fave too 8)

That coloured jobbie is ace - good stuff mate.

[George]

Lovely pics KK, love the contrast on the moody 1

[barkis]

All splendid images KK.

Ron.

[trudie]

Very impressive KK.

Trudie

[centroid]

What a great collection of Lunar 'shots'.

The first one has to be my favourite. The detail and contrast is 'spot on'.

Dave

[Brinders]

Impressive Kaptian. I see I have someway to go. I believe one of the minerals that leads to the colours you refer to is titanium.

[Hugh]

Well impressed KK :shock:

Love the moody and the scratchy ones, superb textures!

Hugh

[supernova]

Very very :D

Even Ben said What a clever boy.

Nice picks KK well done.

Bernie.

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Thanks for the kind words. I had a lot of fun doing them.

Kaptain Klevtsov

[jonifive]

Nice one Jonathan

Even Mrs JV went "Oooohhhh!" and she hasn't made that noise for a very long time!

JV

[Beyond_Vision]

Looks like you had a howling good time, some nice shots KK.

Regards,

Kevin

[Ant]

Loving your work KK!

Although the moody one is great - have a few if them myself and they are really nice. I think that my favorite is the coloured one - showing the different mineral content.

Fantastic!

Ant

[beamish]

seriously nice those KK, I prefer the "moody" one but love the montage.

KARLO

[MartinB]

Great set KK. Like the 1st one best, it's a corker

[Starflyer]

Great work KK, I especially like the moody and montage pics.

Thanks for sharing these,

Ian

[blinky]

I always enjoy the coloured moon images

[zhgutas]

Lovely collection here KK. I guess I love the moon the most

Marius

[legion48]

Good stuff KK. I particularly like the colour one.

[CELESCOPE]

lovely set of images there KK like the colour one , looks really good , Rog

[saturn5]

lovely set of images there KK like the colour one , looks really good , Rog

Agreed,its now my new wallpaper.The colour seems to highlight everything better than various shades of grey.

[mightymonoped]

Nice ones KK,

Really like the moody one, you've really picked up all the detail. :D

Tony

[MartinB]

Have just had a look on my decent monitor and they look even better. The colour image looks great

[adt175]

Excellent images there Kapitan!

Andy