Crescent Moon Mosaic, 01 Nov

[brianb]

The crescent moon was shining this morning, as luck had it the clear sky lasted just long enough for me to image it.

0610-0617 UT. WO FLT 110, 2x Powermate, W29 deep red filter, DMK41 camera. 7 frame mosaic. This is a 24% resize, the full size image is available here (select "High Res Image" from the zoom menu) (2431 x 3352 pixels, 499 KB JPEG file)

Moon's age 24.48 days, illumination 30.7%. Diameter 32.98'. Colongitude 205.6 degrees. Libration in latitude +06 deg 11 min, libration in longitude -02 deg 20 min. Altitude 37.1 deg.

Transparency good. Seeing poor with significant continuous boiling. Temperature +01C, wind S force 3.

[Albireo380]

Nice image Brian, just what I was looking at at 7.30am today, as I walked into work.

Is that the Sinus Iridium in the top left?

Tom

[brianb]

Is that the Sinus Iridium in the top left?

Yes, Sinus Iridium is the "large crater" just touching the terminator about 1/5 of the way down.

[Luke]

Very crisp and clean, beautiful!

[nightfisher]

another lovely image brian, keep them coming

[sheri_barri]

Stunning image Brian. The excellent clarity of this image is one to aspire too. Well done! Was there much, if any, sharpening required of the raw frames? If so, it looks very delicately performed.

[brianb]

Was there much, if any, sharpening required of the raw frames?

Not much at all. I actually used the same wavelet settings I use for my solar CaK whole disk shots. There is also a very gentle unsharp mask applied after assembling the mosaic.

The trick is getting the focus right....