This is the first, first quarter Moon for the New Year and it was a lovely clear evening for taking pictures through my telescope. I was a little late to try and capture the X on the terminator line but the big three lunar craters Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus & Arzachel looked spectacular with their sunlit peaks.
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This is a perfect time to observe some beautiful detail on the surface of the Moon as the Suns light casts long shadows of high relief across the lunar surface, what we are really seeing is sunrise on the lunar surface.
There are really a lot of amazing lunar features in these images, especially the Alpine Valley image, so why don’t you grab a glass of wine or cup of tea and spend some time looking at our amazing Moon up close and personal with your binoculars or telescope :-)
There are really a lot of amazing lunar features in these images, especially the Alpine Valley image, so why don’t you grab a glass of wine or cup of tea and spend some time looking at our amazing Moon up close and personal with your binoculars or telescope :-)
The close up images were taken with a Meade 10inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope using a ZWO ASI120MC-S camera with a focal reducer attached.
AVI movie files were captured which were then stacked in RegiStax6 and processed in PS CS4. The full lunar disc was taken with a Canon 700D, I had to put a F6.3 focal reducer in the telescope system to capture the wide field view of the Moon.
AVI movie files were captured which were then stacked in RegiStax6 and processed in PS CS4. The full lunar disc was taken with a Canon 700D, I had to put a F6.3 focal reducer in the telescope system to capture the wide field view of the Moon.
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