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revans
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Hi all,
I took this image of the Aristarchus Plateau earlier this month using my Mewlon 250. More data are in the image label. I have always been interested in this area of the moon as there is so much variation. I've always had trouble seeing or imaging detail here because of the brightness of Aristarchus itself, but this image isn't too bad as I used a red filter to dim Aristarchus a little.
As an update, my new OMC300 arrived but due to being jostled in transport across the pond it is so far out of collimation that I think it will take me quite a while to sort that out.... and I think the scope would likely benefit from a new focuser as well.... so it will be a while before I can really use it for anything "serious." But meanwhile, I've always been a great admirer of Paolo Lazzarotti as his images are among the best that I have seen... and I'm making some plans to give his elegant new Gladius scope a try...
Rick Evans
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Rick Evans
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clitherowclan
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Loc: Fife Scotland
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Boy, Mewlon 250, OMC300 and Gladius DK. That's three 'scopes I'd really like to try. Shame I have to eat! I'm just jealous,lovely pic.
Cheers,
Alan C
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Scottish Astronomer, Firstlight Instruments 10 inch F6.3 Newtonian, Helios 8inch F5 Newtonian and ED80 Apo on driven EQ5. Various cheap cameras.
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desertstars
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Anyone else see "spokes" in Aristarchus? 
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Tom W.
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Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
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Mare Nectaris
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Rick,
what a very impressive catch of a difficult target you managed to get!
That basin of the actual crater seems to offer quite a lot of tiny details (small hill formations perhaps in addition to that small central mountain there).
And as did Tom, I also do see those "spokes" or "shelvelike" terrace formations - especially on the left hand side just above the terminator they seem quite apparent. The above terrain opens up roughly on 6000 meters, and that bottom of the crater is nearly 2000 meters downwards, so it is a magnificient terrace that one! - That crater being only 450 million years old (from the latest geological period of the Moon), that is actually quite rough a terrain - and would be marvellous for climbing...
The overall impression on the pic is very balanced and there are quite a lot of details present elsewhere also.
So Rick, congrats for this pic - can't wait to hear your experiences if you get your hands on one of Paolos magnificient Gladius scopes! - Those who are not yet familiar with Gladius (if there are any...) here's a link: http://www.lazzarotti-optics.com/main.html
Attached please also find a crop form LM 39 presenting the terraced wall of Aristarchus quite well.
Thanks Rick for sharing this with us - be well and clear skies!
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Timo Keski-Petäjä
CtheMoon
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Edited by Mare Nectaris (05/01/08 04:42 PM)
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revans
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Reged: 09/26/05
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Loc: Fitchburg, MA
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Here is an image from another video clip I took that night... maybe the spokes are seen better
Rick
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Rick Evans
http://www.freewebs.com/revans_01420/
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kfred
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Posts: 2005
Loc: Dayton, Ohio
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Great picture!
Fred
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River Cam - Cambridge England
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larrytOMC200
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Loc: New Zealand
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Hello Rick
Thank you for posting such a superb picture. It is a wonderful catch and shows much subtle detail. Well done, and I hope you get your Orion Optics 300 up and running soon. Keep well. Larry
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Stephen65
scholastic sledgehammer
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Loc: Melbourne, Australia
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Nice shot through a very nice telescope 
Very curious to know how you go with the 315mm Gladius as a possible alternative for me to a Mewlon 300 at some distant date.
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revans
scholastic sledgehammer
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Stephen,
Well, I strongly considered a Mewlon 300 but it is very expensive and would require that I buy another mount as well as it is too heavy for my EM-200. Expense aside, I really don't have the storage room for another large mount setup. Also, there would be a fairly long wait for it to arrive from Japan.
Paolo Lazzarotti routinely takes phenomenal images with the Gladius and the Gladius 315 has some improvements built in that were not previously available. I like its lite weight (relatively speaking) and that at F24 I won't have to use a barlow as much with my camera to get decent image scale. But most of all, I have a lot of faith in Paolo whose work I have followed for some time.
Rick
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http://www.freewebs.com/revans_01420/
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