old_frankland
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Shot these last weekend with a C9 and DMK21. My best crater close-ups yet.
http://www.lafterhall.com/lunar_craters.html
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Cheers,
Jim
Livermore CA
http://www.lafterhall.com/astro.html
3" APO, 4" ED refractor, 9" SCT, GM8
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Kutno
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Jim,
Wonderful shot of Schiller!
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Kutno
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Jim,
I just noticed you also caught the crater sitting atop Mons Gruithuisen Gamma - super!
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wes
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Hi Jim,
Excellent! images, thanks for posting them.
Wes Higgins
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RobertED
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Beautiful images!!, Jim!! 
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C_Moon
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Cool images. What magnification is that?
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old_frankland
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Cool images. What magnification is that?
Hmmmmm.....magnification is kind of a relative term in astrophotography. The field of view is 1.4 x 1.8 arc minutes. Probably compares to a view through an eyepiece in the 200x to 300x range....but don't quote me on that.
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Cheers,
Jim
Livermore CA
http://www.lafterhall.com/astro.html
3" APO, 4" ED refractor, 9" SCT, GM8
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stevecoe
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Jim;
Great images, I think one of my next purchases is going to be one of the DMK cameras.
As to magnification, they are such a small field that I would call it closer to 300X.
Thanks;
Steve Coe
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TeleVue 102 refractor on CGEM mount
10 inch f/4.7 Newtonian
Author "Deep Sky Observing" Springer-Verlag
Author "Nebulae and How to Observe Them" Springer
Canon Xt astrocamera with Hutech modification
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old_frankland
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Steve, once you start tinkering with the DMK camera, you'll find yourself wanting to image when ever you set up to look at the moon and planets. You're 6 inch refractor will be killer for imaging.
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Cheers,
Jim
Livermore CA
http://www.lafterhall.com/astro.html
3" APO, 4" ED refractor, 9" SCT, GM8
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Pedestal
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Here is a link to a shot of the Aristarchus Plateau this past January, with the lighting just opposite of yours. This is a very interesting feature to me.
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Hubert
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proud uncle
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Jim, great images -- all of them. I especially liked the Aristarchus Plateau and Clavius, as they are among my favorite Lunar features to observe.
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Here is a link to a shot of the Aristarchus Plateau this past January, with the lighting just opposite of yours. This is a very interesting feature to me.
Hubert, that's interesting -- I was just comparing your image with Jim's a few minutes ago, before I saw your post. It's interesting how opposite lighting can make a significant difference in what features stand out. The crater which corresponds to the "Great Salt Lake" in your U.S. image is much more vivid in Jim's image. But, the "Pacific coast" seems to disappear in Jim's image. Of course, Texas is prominent in both!  
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Kenneth
Zhumell 10" Dobsonian (f/4.9)
2" 32mm WA eyepiece
9mm, 12.5mm, and 20mm Plossls
6mm TMB/BO Planetary
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Nikon 10x50 binocular (6.5 deg FOV)
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67champ
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Jim,
Congrats on those fine photos, great job!
dana t
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old_frankland
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Here is a link to a shot of the Aristarchus Plateau this past January, with the lighting just opposite of yours. This is a very interesting feature to me.
Ummmm.....actually, it just looks like your sunrise shot is flipped left to right. Looks like it was taken pretty close to the same phase. Nice image. The states thing is very cool.
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Cheers,
Jim
Livermore CA
http://www.lafterhall.com/astro.html
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Pedestal
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Oh, you may well be right. I didn't "see" the states thing until I stacked the images. Easy to tell the difference in quality, though, yours are much better.
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Hubert
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