Crescent Moon Mosaic - Mar 20

[brianb]

March 20th presented a clear evening with a rapidly falling temperature, making imaging with my CPC1100 practically impossible. However the seeing was reasonably steady & I couldn't resist the temptation to image the excellently placed crescent moon! So my William Optics FLT110 was pressed into service....

The result is given below. This is a 9 frame mosaic using my Imaging Source DMK41 camera, an infra red pass filter and a "2x" barlow, giving an effective focal ratio of around f/20.

2010 Mar 20, 1839 UT. Transparency very good, seeing moderate. A full size version of this image is available here (2608 x 3766 pixels, 711 KB download)

[Psychobilly]

No image displayed and the link to the hi-res is not working either Brian ....

[michaelmorris]

Hi Brian

Yet again, you've produced an absolutely superb lunar image. Well done and thanks for sharing.

[samtheeagle]

That's an amazing picture Brian! I can just stare at it and keep on seeing more an more interesting details. Brilliant.

[AztecastroMcJ]

very nice

lots of detail on high res large version

thx for showing

[barkis]

That is a humdinger Brian. Top to Toe, and limb to limb.

Very nicely stitched.

Ron.

[LukeSkywatcher]

Beautiful crisp image.

[Astorix]

Very sharp! really like the amount of detail you captured:)