Moon - Copernicus & Montes Carpates 2004

2004.10.07, 04:12UT
Seeing: 2-3/10, Transp.:8/10
Intes MN61 6" Maksutov Newton on Losmandy GM-8
TeleVue 3x Barlow - 2700mm effective focal length
ToUcam B/W ICX098BL in B/W rawmode, UV/IR-cutfilter

Brightness : 48% - raw: 61 (0 .. 127)
Contrast : 100% - raw: 63 (0 .. 63)
Saturation : 100% - raw: 100 (-100 .. 100)
Gamma : 16% - raw: 5 (0 .. 31)
Color Mode : 0 (0=off)
FPS : 0 (0..5=5,10,15,20,25,30)
NonSC Exposure: 1 (0..10=longest to shortest - depends on camera)
Gain : 0% - raw: 0 (0 .. 63)

1011 frames captured
Left & right half of image stacked separately in Registax2: 239 frames for Copernicus, 235 for Carpates, Wavelet sharpening
Levels adjustment, scaled to 90 %, unsharp mask

One of the best raw frames (very few of this quality in whole AVI):

 

Copernicus Closeup


A closeup of Copernicus shot with the same equipment with just a Powermate 5x instead of the 3x Barlow. 156 frames stacked in Registax. Compared with the image above no more details have been resolved, obviously seeing didn't support HighRes-imaging.