Sunrise over Sinus Iridium

[lukebl]

Hi all. This is a capture from last night (11th January 2014) showing the shadows changing as the sun rises over Sinus Iridium over the period of 3 hours. I had originally intended attempting a seamless animation, by capturing a series of images every 20 minutes over the period. Unfortunatly, the differences in the image quality of each 20 minute slot made the amination look awful. Anyway, here it is at 19:00, followed by the view 3 hours later.

IMG132e cam, 3x Barlow, 250mm f/4.7 Newtonian, 1000 frames stacked in Registax.

As the animation below shows, the appearance has changed quite dramatically over the period. I particularly like the changes in shadow of the mountain at Promontorium Laplace on the right-hand side.

[sologuitarist61]

Nice detail!

[wxsatuser]

Very interesting.