Moon views on August 30th, 2020

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Moon views on August 30th, 2020

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Alexandra: I hope it is OK to post few moon images on Sunlit Earth :lol:

The two close ups were done with the HaT at full focal length and the ZWO 174 camera: Frederic says the scope should resolve objects less than 1 Km wide. The disk was taken with an Evostar 72mm and the ZWO 178 camera: I think it is a good match of scope and camera.

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Re: Moon views on August 30th, 2020

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Beautiful reflected light images, Franco. Very nice.

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Re: Moon views on August 30th, 2020

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Of course Frank, it is reflected sunlight :hamster:

These are absolutely incredible, especially the second photo as I feel I can reach out and touch the Moon :bow :bow :bow

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Re: Moon views on August 30th, 2020

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Excellent results there, Franco. Looks great!

It looks like you might have slightly blown out (overexposed) the middle crater in the second image (Proclus I think?). That's always tricky to get right and pick up on high(er) resolution lunar images though. I personally use the preset/filter in Sharpcap that highlights overexposed areas to get my exposure just right. Not sure if Firecapture (if that's what you're using) has something similar.


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Thank you Stu, Alexandra and Jochen for your nice comments. Jochen: I probably brightened up too much the second image as Mark T told me the last moon images I posted showed dark on his monitor. I will replace when I have a chance.

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Re: Moon views on August 30th, 2020

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Excellent effort Franco.
With our Sun being relatively quiet, it's good to see what else can be imaged so well as yours.
Thanks vm

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Thank you very much, Terry.

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Adding this two image mosaic to the series...

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That's another beauty Franco :hamster: :bow

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Re: Moon views on August 30th, 2020

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Thank you, Alexandra, greatly appreciated.

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