| Image Links | |
| Published image | Full resolution |
| Target Information | |
| Main Target Designation(s) | Moon |
| Exposures | |
| One-shot color | 3x1/1000" (ISO200) |
| Date(s) of acquisition | 07Feb2015 |
| Location | Whiteside, MO |
| Equipment | |
| Imager | Olympus E-P5 |
| Telescope/Lens | Orion 8" f/3.9 Astrograph |
| Mount | Celestron CGEM |
| Accessories | |
| Coma Corrector | Baader MPCC Mark III |
| Collimator | Orion LaserMate |
| Focusing | Bahtinov mask |
| Software | |
| Acquisition | Manual (remote shutter) |
| Guiding | None |
| Processing | Registax 6, PixInsight 1.8 |
Say hello to ol' reliable, our regular visitor, the Moon! Â In this shot in waning gibbous light, we get just a touch of the rust and blue colored highlights on the surface of the moon alongside nice broad areas of the "lunar maria" (moon seas). Â The maria, which present themselves in darker colors than the rest of the lunar surface, are evidence of past volcanic activity.
This composition is sourced by only a few quick exposures, combined together to maximize surface detail.  Surely a much larger set of exposures will bring out considerable clarity, but we'll leave that for a different day!
