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File: «A mari ousque ad mare» above my driveway

Jean B

by Jean B. Montreal, Canada, August 1rst 2010, approx. 00h10. The latin expression A mari ousque ad mare refers to the Canadian «slogan» meaning «from one ocean to the other». The moon crater Corpernicus peacefully sits in the middle of the Mare insulatum surrounded by ocean and seas. 130mm...

on Tue, Aug 3 2010
File: 12-day old Moon

TheLunatic

by Mike Dalton Canon DLSR using a homebuilt 12 inch Newtonian

on Fri, May 22 2009
File: 8-day-old Moon (waxing gibbous)

nudenut

Mosaic of 10 images of the 8-day Moon taken on my Meade LPI (Lunar/Planetary Imager) on my telescope on July 1, 2009.

on Thu, Jul 2 2009
File: Between Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Vaporum

Pepe_Cuellar

by Pepe Cuellar Taken on the 13 of November of 2010 from Guadalajara, Mexico. Equipment: 180mm f/15 Mak-Cass + DBK21 camera. Video: A video of 3000 frames and stacked 2500.

on Wed, Nov 24 2010
File: Copernicus and Sinus Iridum

Jean B

by Jean B. Montreal, Canada, September 20th 2010 A composite image showing Copernicus (upper picture) and Sinus Iridum in Mare Imbrium. 130 mm newtonian reflector; Celestron NexImage webcam with 2X barlow; AmCap capture software; Registax 5; Photoshop CS3

on Wed, Sep 22 2010
File: Craters Eudoxus Aristoteles and Mitchell at High Power

skyphotographer

by Ron Masters Taken on 5/30/2009 from light polluted skies of a major Midwest city in the US. Scope is 102mm f9 Vixen fluorite apochromatic refractor. Camera is Canon G3 set for manual mode, manual focus, 4x optical zoom and afocal to Orion 7.5mm Epic ED-2 eyepiece. Total system magnification 490x with...

on Sun, Jul 19 2009
File: Crescent Moon - Over Exposure

atomic7732

THis is not a camera made ofr this, but I found a way. I over exposed the Moon, and it exposed so well you can see the maria on the gibbous unlit area.

on Wed, Mar 11 2009
File: Crisium and Fecunditatis - the Moon 10 March 2012

MROCKENBACH

by Marcos L Rockenbach Local: Caxias do Sul / Brazil Telescope: Celestron Omni XLT 150 mm, refractor. Camera: Meade LPI. Mare Crisium and Fecunditatis: Meade LPI plus barlow 2x. The Moon: mosaic 15 pictures. Stack, contrast and brightness Photoshop CS4.

on Tue, Mar 27 2012
File: Eratosthenes and Mare Imbrium region

nudenut

Eratosthenes and Mare Imbrium mountainous region taken with a Meade LPI (Lunar/Planetary Imager) and a 2x barlow lens on my telescope on July 1, 2009.

on Thu, Jul 2 2009
File: From Copernicus to Plato (Annotated) 10 June 2011

CraigAndTammy

by Craig and Tammy Temple On the night of June 10, 2010, we captured several different images of the waxing gibbous Moon to put together this 5-panel mosaic. The moon was 9.54 days old and 72.2% illuminated. Many craters and mountains, some mare, and a valley can be seen in this mosaic. (North is...

on Tue, Jun 14 2011
File: Full Moon at Perigee and Apogee (2010)

ayiomamitis

by Anthony Ayiomamitis Did anyone notice anything unusual last night's full moon? If not, well, it was at its greatest apogee for the year and at a distance of about 406,357 km which is just shy of its maximum possible distance. Earlier this year we had precisely the opposite scenario where...

on Wed, Aug 25 2010
File: Gassendi,Gassendi A, and Mare Humorum

NewGazer911

This is a afocal photo of Gassendi,Gassendi A and Mare Humorum taken at 20:24hrs on 5/24/10..This was taken with a Orion 8in Dob Intelliscope(f-5.9..1200mm focal length) with a Sony CyberShot(ISO 80 with a Lunar Filter and a Orion SteadyPix Deluxe) Eric Robertson

on Sat, Jun 5 2010
File: Luna in false color

ayiomamitis

by Anthony Ayiomamitis The moon is invariably characterized as a colorless object whose features fall into one of the countless shades of black and white. Nevertheless, there are reports from Apollo mission astronauts as well as ground-based observers of color being noted, thus reinforcing the rich and...

on Thu, Oct 15 2009
File: Lunar Montage - October 8, 2011

CraigAndTammy

by Craig and Tammy Temple 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...

on Thu, Oct 27 2011
File: Mare Inbrium and Mare Serenitatis

Jean B

by Jean B. Taken July 19th 2010 at approx. 19h30, Montreal, Canada. I took this picture with my 5'' Newtonian reflector when the sky was still clear blue. I adapted an Infinity-2 CCD camera (the one I use on my microscope) with a C-mount and a T-mount and used the Infinity software for image...

on Tue, Jul 20 2010
File: Mare Insularum

Michael Bakich

by Paolo Lazzarotti Lazzarotti Optics Gladius CF-315 scope, LVI-1392 PRO experimental video camera, best 90 of 2,000 frames, taken May 14, 2008, between 19h10m UT and 19h37m UT from Mt. Giogo, Massa, Italy.

on Thu, Jan 8 2009
File: Mare Orientale

KostasKalimaftsis

by Kostas Kalimaftsis

on Fri, Jul 10 2009
File: Mare Orientale - PlanetWarp

KostasKalimaftsis

by Kostas Kalimaftsis 17 June 2009, 03.00 UT SkyWatcher 180Mak & Canon 450D, Registax, Gimp, Mare Orientale. An image of mine of Mare Orientale processed with the PlanetWarp software to create an orbit-like view. Side-by-side comparison with a M.O. image found in the LPOD Gallery. A short answer...

on Fri, Jul 10 2009
File: Montes Apenninus area (annotated) 10 June 2011

CraigAndTammy

by Craig and Tammy Temple This is one of many lunar images we captured on the night of June 10, 2011. The waxing gibbous moon was just 9.54 days old, but already 72.2% illuminated. Our conditions were good, giving us the opportunity to capture some great features on the lunar surface. This image shows...

on Tue, Jun 14 2011
File: Moon, November 4, 2011

Perseus2011

Waxing Gibbous Moon, 73% lit, at 06:13 p.m. MST. Taken before the clouds from a large storm came and covered everything up, I was also lucky enough to witness an ISS flyover shortly after taking this photograph. Meade Saturn 4.5 inch, f/8 newtonian reflector, with a Meade 40mm super plossl, taken...

on Sat, Nov 5 2011
File: Moonscape: Sunset on Archimedes and The Spitzbergens

chipdatajeffB

by Jeff Barton Archimedes via ToUCam Pro 840k avi file, processed with Registax 3, about 400 frames. Scope was Stellarvue 152mm apo. Used 4X Televue Powermate. Image is inverted. Strong sunset shadowing from crater rim resembles a Beatle haircut. Mountains left of center are The Spitzbergens. Scope...

on Mon, Feb 9 2009
File: Parallax by day

ayiomamitis

by Anthony Ayiomamitis The near-occultation of Regulus by the Moon during the afternoon of May 23, 2007 was the basis for the image above where the author and a very good friend (Pete Lawrence) coordinated their efforts so as to capture the apparent location of Regulus near the Moon and as observed from...

on Thu, Oct 15 2009
File: Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis)

CastleBravo15MegaTon

Stack of 15 1/15sec exposures taken with Gen IV Orion Starshoot.

on Thu, Apr 14 2011
File: The Full Moon with its seas

Jean B

by Jean B. Montreal, August 24th 2010 130mm reflector Nikon D5000, ISO 800, 1/250 Processed with Photoshop CS, curves adjustment.

on Wed, Aug 25 2010
File: The look of Mare Imbrium

MROCKENBACH

Local: Caxias do Sul / Brazil Date: 20 April 2013. Telescope: Orion XT-10 - eyepiece Celestron Cel 18mm - Camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS1. Stack 08 pictures. Stack and contrast Photoshop CS4. Marcos L Rockenbach

on Tue, Apr 23 2013