ETX-105 Astrophotography
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Lunar Gallery Page 1, Whole Moon | Page 2, Craters | Page 3, Other Features

Images showing the whole Moon are made of close-up pictures assembled into a single large image.

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Luna
 Lunar Mosaic, Waning Gibbous

Taken on a relatively steady night, the resolution of this image is very good. Mosaic of 10 pictures. I used a monochrome version of the CMOS sensor for this shot.

Larger versions of this image:
600x700 JPEG; 64KB
1200x1400 JPEG; 345KB
2400x2800 JPEG; 635KB

Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/14
Camera: MI-1300 Monochrome CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Enhance detail; Assemble mosaic in GIMP

November 13, 2003
Luna
 Lunar Mosaic, Nearly Full

Mosaic of 4 pictures taken with the Mogg focal reducer giving f/7.5.

Larger versions of this image:
800x800 JPEG; 82KB

Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 Monochrome CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Enhance detail; Assemble mosaic in GIMP

April 3, 2004
Lunar Mosaic - click for larger image
 Lunar Mosaic, First Quarter

This is a mosaic of 10 pictures. Each picture is a composite of about 50 exposures. The Moon was low in the sky, and atmospheric turbulence reduced the detail in the images.

Full size version of this image:
848x1400 JPEG; 118KB

Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/14
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Assemble mosaic in The GIMP, Reduce saturation

September 2, 2003
Moon Moon

Just before 1st Quarter phase. This is four frames from a digital camera stacked in GIMP. (Not a mosaic.)
1400x1100 JPEG -- 80KB

Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC
Camera: Ricoh RDC-5000 and 40mm eyepiece
Image Processing: Composite/4, Brightness/contrast, Color desaturate

March 9, 2003
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