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 many mountains that chain together to form the larger mountain range known as Montes Apenninus. Many craters can also be seen, as well as some mare. (North is to the right in this image)
Telescope: Celestron C8 @ f/10
Accessories: Atik EFW2
Filters: Baader LRGB
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G controlled by EQMOD performance tuned by Astrotroniks
Camera: Imaging Source DMK31
Exposure: 1/109s
Gain: 500
Length: 1:30
Acquisition: IC Capture.AS (Uncompressed AVI) 30fps
Processing: Registax 6: highest 10% quality frames; ImagesPlus v4.0: R-L Deconvolution; PSCS5: curves, Noise Ninja, annotations
Capture time: June 10, 2011, 9:07pm CDST
Capture conditions: 83.8°F; transparency: Above Avg. 4/5; seeing: Good 4/5
Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA