From: Ray Byrne <ray@in4media.co.uk>
Date: March 8, 2009 6:16:23 AM MDT
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] More New Lunar Images..
Hi Milton,
These are really "top drawer" images. I especially like the Sinus Iridium image (my favourite Lunar feature). I'm going to share these with some of my astro buddies here in the UK.
On 8 Mar 2009, at 00:55, 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
ATB
Ray Byrne
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