So Lonely Moon! - March 4th, 2014

[Luke]

The Moon struck me as looking rather lonely last night, which is when I took this image. I think it must dream of moving to Saturn or Jupiter. I guess some of the DSO folks would help it pack its bags

I used my grab-and-go non-tracking mount and captured 2,500 frames as the moon drifted over my video camera's sensor. I stacked about 700 of the piccies, and used a red filter.

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March 4th, 2014
Celestron Onyx 80mm, Grasshopper 3 (ICX687) camera, red filter

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Nice crisp image.

[Pete Presland]

it does not get much better, a very nice sharp image!

[sologuitarist61]

That is a cracking image Luke, lots of detail to look at there!

[nytecam]

Great image :-) - I too shot the moon last night but only a couple of frames for a simple montage :-)

[Rasta]

WOW, that's so amazing..!!!!  i love it!!!  i'm very slowly getting there, i just gotta remember one step at a time... nice one Luke!!

[LeeWilky]

Excellent as always mate.

I think you have perfected shooting the Moon!

[Luke]

Thanks all for your kind comments

Rasta, yes it's one step at a time. I think it was three or four years until I tried stacking images.

[tich]

Lovely image Luke,

[ScottS]

Nice image. I noticed looking through my scope the other night that the larger crater near the bottom (of this image) has a thin dark line extending from the central peak. I guess this is a shadow but couldn't be sure when I saw it, and I see it again here. Lots of interesting features anyway.

[jammo]

That is wonderful, amazing detail 

[Luke]

Thanks, Tich, Scott and Jammo

[Space Cowboy]

Lovely image Luke, almost 3D with the rough lunar texture!