Clavius / Moretus / Tycho

December 19, 2007

Uploaded 1/22/08

South is up in this image, more info below.

1290 x 960 size

 On a night with exceptional seeing for about one hour, this shot of the southern highlands featuring a favorable illumination of some of the moons best defined craters lava filled ringed basins. See a close up taken this evening here.

Processing: 300/1000 best frames, MAP 50 alignment in Registax, Regulated Van Cittert Deconvolution in PixInsight Pro, Levels and Contrast Masking In Photoshop CS3, Focus Magic Plugin.

Instrument: 12.5" f/5 with 1.8x Barlow Platform: Astrophysics AP1200 CCD Camera: Image Source DMK 31AU03.AS Filter: Hoya R72 Exposure: 1/60 sec 15fps Location: Payson, Arizona Elevation: 5150 ft. Sky: Seeing good, Transparency 8/10 Outside Temperature: 35F Processing: Registax, PixInsight Pro, Photoshop CS3, Focus Magic Plugin