Derby and District Astronomical Society
The Moon - 9 days old
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This mosaic of the Moon was taken by Chris Newsome on the 20th October 2007 at a DDAS observing session.
Chris had taken his laptop and a Meade LPI with him to the observatory as he had wanted to try and capture some frames of the moon and he
wasn’t disappointed. Here is a mosaic of 6 images (each about 50 frames) captured through the Society's 10” Newtonian, stacked in Registax
V4 and then processed in CS2. Read Chris' full report on the observing session here.
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Chris Newsome took this picture of the Moon on the 31st October 2006. He used a Meade LPI camera through a
Skywatcher 80T telescope. Due to the unsteadiness of the atmosphere that night Chris took 336 frames. These were stacked in Registax V4
using a 3 point multi-align. Processing was done in CS2. The large circular impact basin of Mare Imbrium straddles the terminator (the
boundary between lunar night and day) in the upper portion of the image, while the prominent crater Copernicus lies just below it. A
close-up view of the Mare Imbrium region was imaged on the same night by Chris and
appears below this picture. |
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This image is a close-up of the Mare Imbrium region of the Moon taken by Chris Newsome on the 31st October 2006.
He used a Meade LPI camera through a Celestron C8-NGT telescope. Due to the unsteadiness of the atmosphere that night Chris took 288 frames.
These were stacked in Registax V4 using a single point alignment. Processing was done in CS2. Chris notes: "After imaging, I reverted to
the original use a telescope was designed for, namely visual. The moon was fantastic through the C8, unfortunately the images don't do it
justice. It's an object I never ever get tired of looking at". |
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The following image of the Moon was taken by Chris Newsome on the 20th December 2004
through his Celestron C6-N using a Meade LPI camera. Further information is provided on the picture. |
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