Moon Images

C90 image of theMoon — The Moon with a vintage Celestron C90

Moon day 6, SW 130 Dob, with the help of wavelets.

Registax image from the SW 130, mounted on the Vixen AP.

Lunar X Clair Obscur effect, taken with the C90.

The “Moon Maiden”, a Clair Obscur on the edge of the Sinus Iridum. The conditions were not ideal – wisps of cloud which were thickening, bit this shot was from 160 video frames using Registax. C90 plus ASI-120MC + 2x, with Sharpcap. Lunar day 11.

The full frame of the image above.

A somewhat over-processed view of Messier & Messier A on the Mare Fecunditatis.

Crater Theophilus taken with my new/old classic Circle-K 3 — Crater Theophilus taken with my new/old classic Circle-K 3″ refractor

Crater Posidonius taken with my new/old classic Circle-K 3 — Crater Posidonius taken with my new/old classic Circle-K 3″ refractor

Moon_Skymax_2016_05_16_0245_Fix_Median_small — 9 day old moon photographed with a Canon 1000D through a Skymax 150 pro telescope.

Baby Moon Mar 10th 2016 — 2 day old Moon taken using a Celestron C90 (current model) and a Canon EOS 1/4s at ISO800

Lunar Eclipse from Somerset September 2015 — Supermoon! The eclipsed moon, taken from Winscombe at 3:52am on 28th September 2015. The image was taken at ISO 1600, with a 0.6s exposure. The winter constellations were rising in the east, the Pleiades were almost overhead. Fantastic.

Lunar Eclipse from Somerset September 2015 3.13pm. ISO800, 0.5s. Approaching mid eclipse. — 3.13am. ISO800, 0.5s. Approaching mid eclipse.

Lunar Eclipse from Somerset September 2015 3am. The coffee is working. — 3am. The coffee is working.

Lunar Eclipse from Somerset September 2015 2.49am. 1/6s at ISO 800. The shadow is moving quickly! — 2.49am. 1/6s at ISO 800. The shadow is moving quickly!

Lunar Eclipse from Somerset September 2015. 2.37am 1/15s at ISO 1600 — 2.37am 1/15s at ISO 1600

The Moon at prime focus of the GT81 — May 15. The Moon at prime focus of the GT81, 1/640s at ISO 800. No tweaks applied; fresh from the sky.

Crater Tycho in the southern highlands. — Crater Tycho in the southern highlands, using a stack of 100 webcam frames, each at 1/25s. ‘Well known for the ray system radiating from its 50 mile diameter rim, in the past it was designated as the “navel of the moon”…understandable given its position and appearance.

Mare Humorum - the Sea of Moisture — Mare Humorum – the Sea of Moisture, located in the southwest..

Webcam shot of the NW Mare Imbrium including the Sinus Iridium. — Webcam shot of the NW Mare Imbrium including the Sinus Iridum. The dark crater is Plato. The shot used 100 frames at 1/25s, with the GT81 and a 3x Bresser barlow. The frames were stacked in Registax and then an Unsharp Mask was applied in Paint Shop Pro. Finally for a bit of fun I stitched 2 images together using the freeware program Microsoft ICE.

Moon in 2010 — Archive Photo from 2010 – the target hasn’t changed much since.

Jan_15_0486_1_320th_crop — Moonshine at 1/320s. Jan 2015. A quick shot with my grab-and-go setup of William Optics GT81 on a Vixen Porta II mount. Back inside before my nose went red!

Earthshine — Earthshine. 1/2s this time to capture the dark side.

Full Moon — Full Moon, with a bit of processing (high pass sharpen and contrast adjustment). Full moon is the trickiest time to capture surface features, due to the lack of shadow.

A mosaic of moon phases. — A mosaic of moon phases. Not much more to say.