11 images stitched together.
Each image is the best 64 of 450 frames captured in B/W
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Peter's Moon Page
(Last updated March 29, 2005)
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All images on this page taken with a Logitech QuickCam pro 3000 attached to a 6" Criterion Dynascope.
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21 Day old moon. September 25, 2005 11:00 UT, 1/200
Sec., Gain 0, Gamma 100.
11 images stitched together.
Each image is the best 64 of 450 frames captured in B/W
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9 Day old moon. July 28, 2004 3:08UT 1/50
Sec., Gain 0, Gamma 100.
22 images stitched together.
4 Day old moon. July 22, 2004 2:18UT 1/25
Sec., Gain 0, Gamma 100.
7 images stitched together, each is a stack of 450 video frames in color.
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2 Day old moon. July 20, 2004 2:24UT 1/10
Sec., Gain 25, Gamma100.
7 images stitched together, each is a stack of 600 video frames in color.
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Closeup of the area between the very elongated crater
Shiller and Bettinus with it's prominent central peak.
May 20, 2005 2:30 UT 1/10 Sec., Gain 0
Closeup of the area near the Moon's north pole.
Smaller crater Anaxagoras overlaps larger crater Goldschmidt
with Scorsby visible to the upper right and Byrd just on the horizon.
May 20, 2005 2:40 UT 1/10 Sec., Gain 0
Closeup of crater Plato. May 29, 2004 4:23UT 1/5
Sec., Gain 0
In color, Best 101 frames of 300 stacked.
Closeup of the Alpine Valley. May 29, 2004 4:25UT 1/5 Sec., Gain 0
In color, best 101 frames of 300 stacked.
Closeup of craters Archimedes (left), Aristullus (upper right) and
Autolycus (lower right). May 29, 2004 4:27UT
1/5 Sec., Gain 0, In color, 101 best frames of 300 stacked.
Closeup of crater Clavius. May 29, 2004 4:33UT 1/5 Sec., Gain 0,
captured in color, 101 images stacked out of 300 captured
Closeup of the bright crater Aristarchus. May 3,
2004 2:34 UT,
Captured in color, 1/10 Sec., Gain 10, 125 of 1218 frames stacked,
Wavelet 4 at 50.
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April 27, 2004, Second attempt at a mosaic. Note the huge libration difference between this one and the October 2003 mosaic. Captured in gray scale. Gain 0, Gamma 100, Brightness 50. 300 best frames stacked. Processing steps in Registax: Histogram stretch, wavelet 4 at 10. Processing steps in PhotoStudio: Midtones +20, Shadows -2 12 frames stitched together in iMerge The Moon is tough to display because of the huge brightness range. This image sacrafices overall brightness to show more detail in the brightest areas near the limb. |
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First attempt at a Moon mosaic. Captured in color, October 4, 2003 Gain 0, Gamma 100, Brightness 100. Forgot to note exposure time. 101 best frames stacked. Registax wavelet 1 at 8. 14 frames stitched together in PhotoStudio |