MOON

MOON PHASE AVI (download zip file 481Kb)

Planetary conjunction 14 and 15 may 2002 and 13 june 2002

Image processing, revealing hidden details in deGasparis region

I make my moon pictures with several webcam images, sometimes up to 35.  It isn't easy to get all the phases of the moon when you are working from the center of town. I take my pictures from my little town"garden" (about 6m x 8m) surrounded with walls about 3 to 3.5m.  Once the moon turns to the SW the roof is blocking my sight.
The equipment I use, a Vixen 130mm newton f=720mm , a Philips Vesta 675 webcam , Corel Photopaint 9. When the seeing is reasonable I use  the 2x Barlow for a full image. . The terminators are usually made with the 3x barlow. The image processing  used is mostly a slight unsharp masking. I have to be careful because the Vesta generates a lot of noise.
 

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