The Moon


These are images of the moon.

Earthshine and Venus
13 sec exposure, ISO 200, f/5.6
Canon Rebel XTi, Canon 18-55mm lens
Cresent Moon and Venus 5/19/07
Single 15 sec Expsosure, Canon Powershot G7, f/2.8
 
Moon
50 b&w exposures auto stacked using Meade
Autostar Envisage, Meade 14" LX200GPS
Meade DSI Pro II
Moon
Montage of 25 pictures, each is 50 exposures
Autostacked in Meade Autostar Envisage, Meade 90mm
ETX, Adobe Photoshop used for combining,
Meade DSI Imager
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Moon 4/21/07
Two exposures combined in Photoshop
Canon Rebel XTi, Meade 10" LX200
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Moon Halo
4 sec exposure, f/5.6, ISO 800
Canon Rebel XTi, Canon 18-55 lens
 
Full Moon Over The Wasatch Mountains
Single 1/25 Sec Exposure, Canon Rebel XTi
Canon 75-300mm zoom @ 300 mm, f/5.0
Processed with Photoshop
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Full Moon Montage 5/30/07
Six exposures @ 1/30 sec., Layered in Photoshop
Canon Rebel XTi, ISO 100, Meade 14" LX200GPS
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Moon Montage 4-27-07
Five exposures, 1/200 sec., Canon Rebel XTi
Processed and combined in Photoshop,
Meade 14" LX200GPS,
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Moon and Star
Single Exposure, 1/15 sec., Canon Rebel XTi
Meade 14" LX200 GPS
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Lunar Eclipse 08-27-2007
One two second exposure, F/5.6, Canon Rebel XTi
Canon 70-300mm @ 300 mm, ISO 400
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Zoom in of the Moon 10-17-07
50 0.01 sec images, Autostacked in Meade Autostar
Envisage, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 10" LX200
 
Zoom in of the Moon 10-17-07
50 0.01 sec images, Autostacked in Meade Autostar
Envisage, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 10" LX200
Moon 03-13-08 Showing Mare Tranquillitatius
71 0.01 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
 
Moon 03-13-08 Cropped Portion Showing
Discoloration in Mare Tranquillitatius
71 0.01 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
Moon 03-13-08 Cropped Portion Processed
To Accent The Discoloration
71 0.01 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
 
Moon 03-13-08 The three large craters are
from top to bottom, Catharina, Cyrillus, Theophilus
each being approx. 100, 98, and 100 km wide.
The flat area to the left is Mare Nectaris.
71 0.01 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
Moon 03-13-08 The Large flat area to the
bottom of the image is Mare Tranquillitatis.
71 0.01 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
 
Mare Serenitatis and Crater Plinius
toward the top; Crater Posidonius at bottom left
63 0.01 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
Showing the discoloration in Mare
Serenitatis
63 0.01 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
 
Craters (top to middle) Sarabhai,
Deseilligeny, and Bessel to the right.
63 0.01 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
Mare Tranquillitatis (right) and Mare
Crisium (left) with Crater Macrobius just left
of middle toward the bottom
93 0.01 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
 
Mare Serenitatis with Crater Posidonius
63 0.01 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
Lunar South Pole (north is down)
50 0.005 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
 
Mare Nectaris (bottom left), Crater
Piccolomini (top left) with central bulge,
Crater Catherina (bottom middle)
81 0.005 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
Mare Frigoris (bottom left), Craters
Hurcules (bottom with inner crater), Atlas (87km),
and Crater Endymion (125 km, middle right)
125 0.005 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
Taken on Astro Day 5-10-08 by Paul and Cierra
 
Lacus Somniorum (mid-left), Crater
Atlas (top left), Crater Cepheus (center w/crater
at edge), Crater Franklin next to it, Crater
Messala (low edged crater @upper right, 124 km)
120 0.005 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
Taken on Astro Day 5-10-08 by Paul and Cierra
Mare Serenitatis (left), Mare Tranquillitatis
(bottom), Taurus Mountains (from top center to center),
Argaeus Mountains (triangular mountains at center, site
of the Apollo 17 landing), Sinus Amoris (right center)
120 0.005 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
Taken on Astro Day 5-10-08 by Paul and Cierra
 
Moon 03-13-08 The three large craters are
from top to bottom, Catharina, Cyrillus, Theophilus
Mare Nectaris (left), Mare Tranquillitatis (bottom)
140 0.005 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS
Taken on Astro Day 5-10-08 by Paul and Cierra
Crater Theophilius (100 km large crater, middle)
Crater Madler (28 km)
110 0.005 sec images, Stacked and processed with
Maxim DL, Meade DSI ProII, Meade 14" LX200GPS @f/24
Taken on Astro Day 5-10-08 by Paul and Cierra
 
Moon Montage 06-19-08
6 images combined in Photoshop, Canon XSi, ISO 100
Orion 120mm Refractor, mounted on Meade 12" LX200
Moon Montage in Color 07-16-08
6 images combined in Photoshop, Canon XSi, ISO 100
Orion 120mm Refractor, mounted on Meade 12" LX200
Color saturation increased to show colors
 
Montes Appenninus
21 images, 0.003 sec. exps., Meade DSI Pro II
Meade 14" LX200GPS, Combined in MaxIm DL
Taken 2/28/09
 

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