Small scope lunar fun ...

[vlaiv]

That is kind of obvious - Lunar observing is always fun with a small scope, but is lunar imaging as well?

I finally managed to process capture of the other night - took some Jupiter, Saturn and this Moon image. Processing of this image took most of the day today.

Mak 102mm, ASI178mcc at prime focus, AZGti mount. Took 9 panels, 1000 subs each at 3ms exposure. Full FOV / no ROI. 256 of each calibration frames - darks, flats and flat darks. Stacked best 90% of each in AS!3. Stitching in MS ICE, wavelets in Registax 6 and final touch up in Gimp 2.10. This is monochromatic image of green channel.

Image has been reduced x2 in size - it was too much resolution I think for given number of subs and seeing at that time in that direction.

Click on the image for full resolution image (right click / new tab sort of thing).

[Sunshine]

When enlarged twice the size of my screen, i can really appreciate the resolution of this great capture.

[CraigT82]

Fantastic image.... just goes to show that when you know what you're doing even the littlest of scopes can really perform! 

[MarkAR]

Lovely crisp shot.

[JeremyS]

Very nice @vlaiv!

[WestCoastCannuck]

Right up my alley!!  Yes!  Much can be achieved with smaller scopes.   I am finding the seeing in my driveway just does not support more than 5 inches much of the time - but with a bit of effort results like this can be had!

 

Clear skies!

 

Mike

Edited July 31, 2020 by WestCoastCannuck

[Starfisher]

also an advantage of a small scope in my opinion is that the image doesn't get too overwhelming with craters. Ilove your image, great job!

[jetstream]

This is a very good image Vlaiv.

[maw lod qan]

Excellent! That image really has some sharp details!

[Yawning Angel]

That looks great! Well done 👍🏻 

[neil phillips]

Nice Vlaiv. looks good. lovely balance

[vineyard]

Missed this image when first posted - wow, its a beauty.