by Alan C Tough
This image of a waning gibbous Moon taken on November 6, 2009 from Elgin, Scotland. It has been computer-enhanced to show the natural mineral colouration.
Equipment used: Sky-Watcher Evostar-100ED Pro f/9 refractor, Canon EOS 40D at prime-focus. Exposure details: Stack of 77 x 1/200th Sec (taken between 23:22 and 23:42 UT), ISO-200. Processed using RegiStax 5 and Photoshop 7. Note: the colour processing was based on the technique described by Filipe Alves in his website http://www.colormoon.pt.to/