From: "Milton Aupperle" <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: March 7, 2009 5:55:20 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: More New Lunar Images..

Hi Folks;

I've been busy compressing movie files with Stuffit (3:1 compression) and then backing them on DVD+DL (8 gigabytes per disk) to reclaim  disk space, so I can work on what I captured last night.

I still have about 40 gigabytes of movies to process, but here are some decent first drafts.

Here is Copernicus (23 MAP):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Lunar/Copernicus20090305_210128_L023.jpg 

Here is Tycho (61 MAP):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Lunar/Tycho_20090305_210435_64LL-061.jpg 

and from last night Sinus Iridum (38 MAP):

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Lunar/SinusIridium_20090306_225543_038.jpg 

This was the C8 scope at 5,000 mm focal length with the Monochrome 16 bit 1384x1036 Grasshopper Camera at 15 fps, using an AstroDon E-Series Green Filter. Exposures 35 to 65 ms with very low gains.

I haven't had seeing like this since late October, 2005 for Mars imaging, especially not 2 nights in a row.

TTYL..

Milton Aupperle