Is the C8 showing to what has come!

[astroavani]

The Cordillera of the Apenninus form the southeast portion of the main ring of the Imbrium Basin. It rises 2-5 km above the surface of the seas. For comparison, the Pike's Peak on Earth Rocky Mountains has an elevation of 4.3 km above the sea level.
The mountains Wolff Mons, Mons Ampere, Mons Huygens, Bradley Mons, Mons Hadley Delta and Mons Hadley belong to the range of Apenninus Montes.
Mons Huygens is the highest mountain with 5042 meters.
The mountains Mons Hadley Delta and Mons Hadley is best known because they form the valley that was visited by the Lunar Module "Falcon" mission APOLLO 15, on June 30, 1971.
In this mission the astronauts David Scott and James Irwin landed in front of Apenninus and spent three days conducting fieldwork and sampling, which makes these mountains a focal point of intensive scientific study on the Moon.
The great mountain range of topographic relief of Apenninus is a product of the complex interaction between the Imbrium impact basin formation and the pre-existing characteristics in the region, especially Insularum and Serenitatis basins. The lunar multi-ring basins like Imbrium craters are large, complex impact. The lunar impact basins formed between 3.92 and 3.72 billion years ago formed through collisions with large asteroids. Later, most of these characteristics huge impact on the Earth-facing side were filled with basalt. In fact, Imbrium refers to basalts Imbrium filling the basin and not the basin itself. From studies done in the last 40 years of the rocks brought back by Apollo 15, we now know that the event that formed the Imbrium basin actually happened several hundred million years before the eruption of basalts that filled the Imbrium basin
The initial impact that formed the Imbrium excavated and rearranged a huge amount of crustal material from the highlands. Major structural elevation then occurred along the front of Apenninus on the site where it landed ejects material excavated.
After the sediment ejects, sunken areas occurred along the front and caused great seismic disturbances. A ring formation theory indicates that the material fall to the center of the basin during the modification phase of the crater is responsible for the rings viewed in lunar basins multi-ring impact. Other scientists say multiple rings formed by the intrinsic properties of the primordial lunar crust.
Also in-situ studies are needed to understand the formation of basins with multiple rings and its influence on the geological evolution of the Moon and other planetary bodies as well. The high-resolution images of Apeninus the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera will provide data to help illuminate their morphological and mineralogical intricacies and determine targets for future human lunar exploration.
Source: Apollo Image Archive / Arizona State University - Vaz Tolentino Lunar Observatory
Adaptation and text: Avani Soares
http://www.astrobin.com/full/237274/0/?real=&mod=

[laudropb]

Very interesting post. Thanks for the information.

[Purplehayze104]

amazing image so clear an crisp almost like you floating above the surface, informative right up to very enjoyable

clear skies dude

john

[Ruud]

Ah! Good!

[Aurora Australis]

Images like this makes it all worth while!

Mick

[Mr Spock]

You are getting some seriously good results from that C8. It shows what skill you have.

[Chris]

Lovely mosaic, really really high definition. As said, it's like floating above the Moon. Those C8's are cracking scopes, especially the Edge HD versions.

[astroavani]

I appreciate the comments!
My C8 is an old model, which I was given a gift for a good friend for testing. It should take about 15 years and have been through a 5 or 6 owners.
Starbrigth has simple coating, but not multi coating.

[northcanadian]

Another stunningly detailed photo...thank you!  I am curious as to how many frames you capture per panel?

Cheers

 

Roger

 

[maltrabob]

Can't believe it's from an 8 incher, this is really something! I am amazed.

[jetstream]

Awesome resolution Avani, very nice work.

[Stephen Green]

Stunning and very sharp image

[Paul M]

I think this is a stunning example of the polar opposite of "all the gear and no idea".

I'd happily have accepted that image as having been taken from lunar orbit.

 

[Astro Imp]

I've just been looking at the full size image, its simply stunning.

[alan potts]

Just what I have come to expect from you, top quality work and very good information, thanks for sharing with us.

[astroavani]

Hello Roger! Usually I capture about 3000 frames to a lunar picture, however when photos to compose a mosaic I try to work faster capturing between 1500-2000 frames.
Pile usually between 200-400 frames depending on the quality of seeing during capture.
When the photos are to compose a mosaic we pile the same number of frames for all images, regardless of varying quality from one to another.

[Aussie Dave]

Fantastic mosaic Avani. Your C8's optics still seem to be very good and performing well for you.

[Pete Presland]

What a fabulous image a super sharp and highly detailed image, excellent stuff.