Some clos(er) up Lunar features from 6th Feb

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NeilG
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Some clos(er) up Lunar features from 6th Feb

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Moon - 92% illuminated.
first night for ages.

Captured using Sharpcap @150 fps using ASI290MM, Opticstar 127mm Apo and x2 Barlow
Best 600 frames of 10000, processed in Autostakkert, Registax 6 for wavelets and PS CS5 for final crop & labelling

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Neil
Scopes: Celestron C11, 102SLT , Ascension 127mm Apo, Opticstar 152mm Mak, Ascension 80mm Apo
Mounts: EQ8, EQ5 Pro, Nexstar SLT
Imaging: ASI1600MM-Cool, ASI533MC-Pro, ASI290MM, ASI224MC, Quark, QHY5L-II-M,
Opticstar 82 eyepieces, lots of other stuff
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Re: Some clos(er) up Lunar features from 6th Feb

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Nice one Neil, I especially appreciate the labelling efforts, very educational.
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Re: Some clos(er) up Lunar features from 6th Feb

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Neil

Good job with capturing the features of crater walls at 92% illumination.

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NeilG
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Re: Some clos(er) up Lunar features from 6th Feb

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Given my tree mangled horizon, I am getting very familiar with the moon between ~75% and full as that all I get t see at a sensible dark hour.
Scopes: Celestron C11, 102SLT , Ascension 127mm Apo, Opticstar 152mm Mak, Ascension 80mm Apo
Mounts: EQ8, EQ5 Pro, Nexstar SLT
Imaging: ASI1600MM-Cool, ASI533MC-Pro, ASI290MM, ASI224MC, Quark, QHY5L-II-M,
Opticstar 82 eyepieces, lots of other stuff
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