| 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! 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). 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!
