Moon from the 14th after a sneaky nap

[Luke]

Please click image for higher res.

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sat24 didn't look good on this evening and the rain was pouring down, so I gave up hoping to image the moon. I nodded off watching TV on the sofa, and woke in the early hours to clear skies   Wonder if this will work again?

It's a mosaic of four tiles. I stacked 500 out of 2000 frames per tile.

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14/12/2013
Equinox 120 / Grasshopper 3 (ICX687) / Red filter

[emadmoussa]

Very detailed. Nice!

[simon369]

Very nice pic's. What device is used to take these quality pictures ?

[DrRobin]

Very nice Luke, well worth dragging yourself off the sofa for a quick snap before going to bed.

Robin

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Great detail Luke

[SnakeyJ]

Super capture and process Luke - the pairing of positive and negative images really helps to tease out the detail.    Might have to revisit my own attempts here to create such a pair.

[Luke]

Thanks, all

Simon, I used a Point Grey Grasshopper 3 CCD web camera. It has a very sensitive (and pricey ) Sony monochrome chip in it. I think this one is used in microscopic imaging, though some astronomers use them too. When my wife Sarah ordered it, the UK dealer asked her how big the targets were she would be using it for. I don't think they expected a diameter over a million kilometres (we got it mostly for solar imaging).  :grin:

DrRobin, it was a bit of an effort to get up, I think solar has made me soft! Not sure how I will cope with -10C now if we get it this season.

Jake, most kind, Sir! Look forward to your pairings!

[Pig]

Excellent images Luke  especially  good when you zoom in on them.