Astrophotography by David Gares

Moon (Close-Ups)

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Click lunar images below:

moonlps-v4.jpg
Moon
8" Celestron EdgeHD
Starlight Xpress SXV-H9C CCD
IDAS LPS-V4-48 Filter
moon_edgehd.jpg
Moon
8" Celestron EdgeHD
Starlight Xpress SXV-H9C CCD
IDAS LPS-P48 Filter
moon71903.jpg
Moon (Plato to Aristoteles, including
Alpine Valley and Mare Frigoris), CCD
(lum. only), f/10, 30 x 0.5 ms.
Scale:  1 pixel = 4200 feet
moon2f.jpg
Moon (sunrise near Plato), CCD
(lum. only), f/10, 5 x 1 ms.
Scale:  1 pixel = 4200 feet
moon4.jpg
Moon (Ptolemaeus area), CCD
(lum. only), f/10, 50 x 1 ms.
Scale:  1 pixel = 4200 feet
moon5c.jpg
Moon (southern hemisphere), CCD
(lum. only), f/10, 50 x 1 ms.
Scale:  1 pixel = 4200 feet
moon3.jpg
Moon, CCD (lum. only),
f/10, 50 x 1.0 ms.

Scale:  1 pixel = 4200 feet
moon1.jpg
Moon, CCD (lum. only),
f/10, 50 x 1.0 ms.

Scale:  1 pixel = 4200 feet
marecrisium.jpg
Moon (Mare Crisium), Webcam,
f/10, best 70 of 1401 frames

Seeing: 2/10 (lousy)
Scale:  1 pixel = 2800 feet
(First light with ToUcam, nearly full moon)
moonmay30a2009registaxastroart.jpg
First Quarter Moon
Scale:  TBD
Celestron C9.25
Starlight Express SXV-H9C
No Filters

Note:  Pixel scale applies when image is viewed at 100%
Site:  Harahan, LA
Unless Noted Otherwise:
Telescope:  10" Meade LX200 SCT, f/10
CCD:  Starlight Express MX7C
Webcam: Philips ToUcam Pro II PCVC840K
Processing:  AstroArt 3.0 (CCD), RegiStax 2 (webcam) w/ wavelet filtering
Stacking:  Varies