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Lunar Mare & Craters - October 8, 2011 image

Lunar Mare & Craters - October 8, 2011


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Here is a little lunar montage made from a couple of images that we captured on October 8, 2011. This was our first time using the 2.5x Powermate with the DMK31 on the Celestron C8. We learned real quick just how fast conditions can deteriorate when imaging at high magnification. There was only 30 minutes between the first and second image and turbulence got so bad that we couldn't even adjust focus for the second shot. Oh well....we had fun anyway. Telescope: Celestron C8 @ f/25 Accessories: TeleVue 2.5x Powermate; Dew control by Dew Buster Filters: Baader 1.25” Luminance Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2 Camera: Imaging Source DMK31 Exposure: 1/92 (top image); 1/77 (bottom image) Gain: 685 Length: 1:00 Acquisition: IC Capture.AS (Uncompressed AVI) 30fps Processing: AVIStack 2 Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5; Carboni’s Tools Capture time: October 8, 2011, 8:19 - 8:45pm CDST Capture conditions: 65.7°F - 60.8°F; transparency: transparent 5/5; seeing: avg. 3/5 Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA

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  • Craig & Tammy Temple
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