The Moon with 8''

[neil phillips]

3 minutes ago, astrolulu said:

I will try different methods, but let's face it - the aperture determines the scale and if there is a feeling that the photo would look better when reduced, the only real salvation is the larger diameter of the telescope. I'm working on it too - but so far to no avail ...

Meanwhile - Oceanus Procellarum - the land of lunar ejecta... 🙂

 

Loving that spectacular detail

[astrolulu]

This time I wanted the subject to be light rather than details that are not precisely defined with this lighting. I tried to get the effect of characteristic, lunar "luminosity". I have corrected the brightness many times and I have probably reached the acceptable limit 🙂

[josefk]

On 25/10/2022 at 15:36, astrolulu said:

The night of October 17 in my area turned out to be particularly fruitful in terms of astrophotography - thanks to exceptionally good seeing. The quality of photos details taken that night clearly exceeds what I have been able to achieve with the SCT telescope of the same 8 '' diameter - and even what I was able to get with the larger C9.25. I looked closely at my photos made so far - I've focused for example on Clavius - and I must say that this inconspicuous 8 '' Newtonian really surprised me by showing what he can do with good seeing!

Here are the fruits of that amazing night:

 

Hi @astrolulu - i just wanted to let you know i've "borrowed" the last image in this series to use as my new desktop wall paper - it is absolutely fabulous and i'm enjoying it very much! Thanks.

[astrolulu]

I feel honored 🙂

[astrolulu]

Rupes Recta, Cassini Bright Spot, Tycho... pick 'n' mix 🙂

 

[astrolulu]

And the contiguities with the Sinus Medii at the forefront ...

 

[MalcolmM]

Really jaw dropping images! I know nothing about lunar photography (I'm a visual observer) but I have been fascinated 'listening in' to two experts discussing their art. Thanks!

Malcolm 

[astrolulu]

Thank you very much. I started my adventure with astronomy in the 1980s in Poland. There was no astronomical equipment at that time, I built my first refractor from a cardboard tube and a piece of PVC sewer pipe. You could only dream about amateur astrophotography while watching pictures in Sky & Telescope.

Two revolutions have happened since then. Communism collapsed and astromic equipment became available also in our part of the world. The second revolution is digital photography and the amazing opportunities it has opened up for people like us. If in the 1980s someone told me that it would be possible to obtain such photos with a simple 20 cm Newtonian, I would send him to a psychiatric consultation 🙂

I still cannot believe it and I am constantly happy about every photo I manage to take. But it is a slightly different experience and a different kind of satisfaction than direct contact with the Universe during visual observations. I recently restored an old 1962 Japanese 76/1200mm refractor. I have to say that when it comes to the "jaw dropping" effect, it was this old achromat that made me feel it when I looked at Mars and the Moon through its eyepiece. Amazing feeling of "being there". The unique charm of visual observations ... 🙂

[CraigT82]

17 hours ago, astrolulu said:

Rupes Recta, Cassini Bright Spot, Tycho... pick 'n' mix 🙂

 

This is fabulous, as is the previous ones. The expertly processed subtle colour really makes them stand out for me, not to mention the fine, clean detail 

[astrolulu]

We climb north - towards the peaks of the Apennines and the Caucasus, passing Mons Hadley and the landing field of the brave Apollo 15 crew on the way ...

 

[astrolulu]

November 10 session. The classic Langrenus-Vendelinus-Petavius trinity:

 

[astrolulu]

Two more shots from November 10th. In the second picture at the top, the Sea of Alexander von Humboldt is quite clearly visible.

 

[astrolulu]

Anaxagoras and Plato - both claiming to control the Mare Frigoris. Who's the boss here?

 

[astrolulu]

It turns out that even in such vertical lighting, with practically no visible chiaroscuro, you can also get an interesting image of the lunar surface:

 

[Sunshine]

14 minutes ago, astrolulu said:

It turns out that even in such vertical lighting, with practically no visible chiaroscuro, you can also get an interesting image of the lunar surface:

 

OOH! wonderful! I'm loving the colours on display here, it gives the moon an organic feel.

[astrolulu]

The color that we see in the photos straight from the camera is almost imperceptible - the photos look like black and white pictures. This is good and bad at the same time. Bad - because you don't know which direction to go when working on color. Good - because even quite risky decisions can be justified in such a situation 🙂

Edited December 1, 2022 by astrolulu

[astrolulu]

The weather is awful, but there is a reliable friend - Photoshop! It's fair to say that due to Adobe's current policy of updating its products (more often than I use them...), Photoshop likes to crash sometimes. However, I can still count on it more than good weather, and that's what happened now. I returned to the observation session of September 17 due to persistent cloud cover.

Of course it is true that Tycho reigns here. But for me the most important actor is Clavius. It's Clavius I always look at, it's Clavius where I look for small details that allow me to assess the quality of a photo...

 

[astrolulu]

Mare Nubium with Rupes Recta fault to the east and Bullialdus crater to the west. The Ptolemaeus-Alphonsus-Arzachel series of craters is slowly entering the shadow zone, as are giant Deslandres and its Cassini Bright Spot:

 

[astrolulu]

Copernicus as the King of Brightness and Manilius, Agrippa and Godin as the Princes of Darkness...

 

[Sunshine]

These are some great lunar images you take, among my favourites.

[astrolulu]

Thank you very much. It's nice to know that someone is still looking at pictures of the Moon while there are so many great photos of DS objects on the forum 🙂

[Astrophysical Graffiti]

More great images, Lukasz.

[astrolulu]

It must be said with appreciation that everyone did a really good job posing for this photo. Everyone brought out as much color as they could. And the blue Aristillus crater made the most effort. Only INA - a mysterious area distinguished by a blue tint, because of which it is sometimes called "Blue Lake", does not want to be blue... As usual.

 

[andy fearn]

12 minutes ago, astrolulu said:

It must be said with appreciation that everyone did a really good job posing for this photo. Everyone brought out as much color as they could. And the blue Aristillus crater made the most effort. Only INA - a mysterious area distinguished by a blue tint, because of which it is sometimes called "Blue Lake", does not want to be blue... As usual.

 

So so good, can't get enough of these. Thank you.

[markse68]

1 hour ago, astrolulu said:

Only INA - a mysterious area distinguished by a blue tint, because of which it is sometimes called "Blue Lake", does not want to be blue... As usual.

Hi Astrolulu, where would Ina be in your image? It's another very beautiful image!

Mark