Andy C. Y. Li
Rupes Recta on the moon 9th January 2014
A view of the lunar Rupes Recta, The linear feature flanked by the crater Birt (above) and Crater thebit (below). This feature is a sought after target for lunar astrophotographers located in the south eastern part of the Mare Nubium. On the right hand side of the picture are the 3 Craters: Arzachel, Alpetragius and Alphonsus. Scope used was a Skywatcher 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain mounted on a Celestron SkyProdigy Alt-Az mount. 500 frames were captured with a Neximage 1 webcam at 15fps through a x2 Barlow lens. Best 70% of frames stacked in Registax 6 software. Post -Processing achieved with Photoshop CS2.
Rupes Recta on the moon 9th January 2014
A view of the lunar Rupes Recta, The linear feature flanked by the crater Birt (above) and Crater thebit (below). This feature is a sought after target for lunar astrophotographers located in the south eastern part of the Mare Nubium. On the right hand side of the picture are the 3 Craters: Arzachel, Alpetragius and Alphonsus. Scope used was a Skywatcher 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain mounted on a Celestron SkyProdigy Alt-Az mount. 500 frames were captured with a Neximage 1 webcam at 15fps through a x2 Barlow lens. Best 70% of frames stacked in Registax 6 software. Post -Processing achieved with Photoshop CS2.