Have I captured Lunar X ?

[Aussie Dave]

Tonight was a very quick visual session with the SW Pro 150 between bands of clouds, the moon had past and there were gusty winds.

While I was scanning the lunar surface on the edge I'm sure I saw Lunar X. I quickly went inside, cranked up the netbook and hooked up the Xbox 360 cam that I've recently put the IR filter back in. I had roughly 15 minutes to do a handful of quick videos before misty skies between the cloud bands ended the night.

Is this Lunar X or a false X?

 

Getting good data on the edge of the moon I'm having trouble with, I think it's my auto white balance that's throwing things out.

Here are a few more that turned out better with the SW Pro 150, Xbox 360 640x480 around the same area away from the edge. AS!2, RS6, PDN.

[allcart]

Looks a good one to me Dave. Slightly soft on the lunar X shot, but all the pics look very natural.

[Aussie Dave]

Cheers Allan

Apart from my poor data from the cam settings and poor conditions, would you know or anyone else know if I missed the prime time to capture it, was it too early or too late? I've seen much better examples of it.

[Astro Imp]

Nice captures there mate, well done.

[allcart]

I'd say you were pretty much bang on Dave. Yes there are better examples but there are also many worse examples. You did a fine job with an Xbox 360 cam in a rush. Now you know where it is, be prepared next time you get a chance.

[Aussie Dave]

Will do Allan. It was a first visual, first capture. Will try to do better next time I notice it and be better prepared.

[laudropb]

Definitely caught the lunar X and a very nice set of images.