From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@mac.com>

Date: March 7, 2009 6:25:31 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] More New Lunar Images..


They`re great Milton, I especially like "Sinus Iridium"! Mark.

On 08/03/2009, at 11:55 AM, Milton Aupperle wrote:


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




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