Mike Raggett
Moon - Day 4 - Mare Crisuim
Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises) is a 345 mile wide flat landscape with a ring of mountains and hills surrounding it. Amazingly a soil sample was successfully brought back to Earth in 1976 by the Russian Luna 24 probe. It is thought to be a staggering 4 billion years old.
Having not taken many Day 4 images I am pleasantly surprised with how this image turned out.
One of the hardest parts of imaging the moon is getting the exposure and contrast just right and in this image I think it is largely correct.
Taken 23rd April 2015 - Celestron 8SE
ZWO ASI 120MCS
Stacked in AutoStakkert 2.20
Post Processed in Registax 6
Total stacked frames: 5384. Best 1346 frames used.
Moon - Day 4 - Mare Crisuim
Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises) is a 345 mile wide flat landscape with a ring of mountains and hills surrounding it. Amazingly a soil sample was successfully brought back to Earth in 1976 by the Russian Luna 24 probe. It is thought to be a staggering 4 billion years old.
Having not taken many Day 4 images I am pleasantly surprised with how this image turned out.
One of the hardest parts of imaging the moon is getting the exposure and contrast just right and in this image I think it is largely correct.
Taken 23rd April 2015 - Celestron 8SE
ZWO ASI 120MCS
Stacked in AutoStakkert 2.20
Post Processed in Registax 6
Total stacked frames: 5384. Best 1346 frames used.