After a cloudy weekend, when I was at work on Monday there (typically) wasn't a cloud in the sky, so having to abstain from solar I decided the next best thing was a bit of lunar after sunset. Scope was the APM100/800 and the PGR camera at prime focus, for the closeups the APM 1.6x telecentric was used and the ZWO290mm. Seeing wasn't too bad, a few shots have a bit of crossover but pleased how these came out. Nice to do some visual at the same time too!
gibbous-moon by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Copernicus by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Mare-Humorum by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Mare-Humorum-Tycho by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Sinus-Iridium by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Tycho-south-pole by Mark Townley, on Flickr
Hope you like!
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Monday Mooning - 14th March
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Re: Monday Mooning - 14th March
Hi Mark,
Excellent Moon images ...
Excellent Moon images ...
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Thanks RAiner, how do these look in terms of brightness on your monitor? The last lot I did were a little dark.
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Re: Monday Mooning - 14th March
Superb!!! they look great on my work computer but then this is not calibrated at all so is meaningless
Glad you had some clear spells, the past 2 evenings the Moon has been behind thick haze, although last night we had a lovely lunar halo
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Glad you had some clear spells, the past 2 evenings the Moon has been behind thick haze, although last night we had a lovely lunar halo
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marktownley wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:23 amThanks RAiner, how do these look in terms of brightness on your monitor? The last lot I did were a little dark.
Hi Mark,
As all this is question of taste and answering your question, yes they look good on my monitors, all 3
Nicely balanced as well as a very delicate sharpening as I like it. Well done ...
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Those are really beautiful shots! They are perhaps a tad darker than average on my (uncalibrated) screen, but personally I think they look terrific that way.
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These are very sharp lunar images Mark...nice work
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Thanks everyone for your kind comments!
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