A nice set of lunar high res images. Apr 4-5th 2020

[wouterdhoye]

Ok.. Yesterday night was a night to remember. At least in my books it was a night of very good seeing.

 

All images taken with 

CFF CC300f/20 + ASI 174MM +baader IR685

all images were 10% stacked out of 5000 frames.

Processing in AS!3, Lynkeos and adobe Photoshop CC

 

Below a nice collection of images I shot. 

 

let's start with Clavius (ok.. I posted this one earlier 😀 )

 

 

Moretus

 

 

Plato, Alpine valley

 

 

A 3-panel mosaic of Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel and Rupes recta

 

 

Schiller

 

 

Tycho

 

 

Bullialdus

 

 

Copernicus:

 

 

Hainzel:

 

 

Mare Humorum, with the magnificent Gassendi:

 

 

Sinus Iridum:

 

 

And if you read all the way down here: A mosaic of the Southern highlands:

 

 

Enjoy the images.

 

Clear skies, and good health.

 

Wouter.

[johnfosteruk]

Amazing images Wouter. Now to spend 3 days having a proper look around

 

[CraigT82]

What a productive night! A really great set of images. I really like the Bullialdus image, the three parallel rimae look like a giant bear swiped it's claws across the surface

[Alan White]

Wow is all I can Wouter, just stunning.
Been Lunar observing tonight and it was incredible, best ever I think.
 

[stevewanstall]

What a fantastic set of images. The resolution is wonderful.  A newbie (to lunar imaging ) question , so apologies,  but what procedure do you use to focus?  I use a Bahtinov mask for stellar imaging. I have tried edge detection and fourier detection in Sharpcap but still seem to just 'miss' focus. I don't have a focus motor, so have to touch the focussing control on the scope.

[Stardust]

brilliant set of images

 

[wouterdhoye]

6 hours ago, stevewanstall said:

Wh but what procedure do you use to focus?  

Steve, 

A bathinov mask will get you close. but it's not accurate enough for final focus. I focus by looking at fine detail like crater terrases, rilles, craterlets, etc. When these pop in and out of focus all the time you are accurately focused. A motorized focuser is advisable; if you have to focus by hand you will have to wait until all vibration is gone before making another adjustment.

Wouter.

[stevewanstall]

Well you certainly do a good job, thats for sure. 

[PembrokeSteve]

Inspirational set of images! Thanks for posting them.

Regards,

Steve

[WestCoastCannuck]

Holy wow Wouter!   You are REALLY taking this self isolation thing seriously!!  😀

 

Outstanding work and such a pleasure to tour through.  

 

Cheers!

 

Mike