Alphonsus

Hi,

With the Moon being so low in altitude and so many cloudy nights recently I don't have any new images to post (I should in a few weeks though) so I am going through some images I had previously decided not to post because of some things I was not satisfied with in the images and will be posting some of them in the coming days.
The first one is Alphonsus the problem I had with this image is the area surrounding the crater is not as well defined as I like to have due to image morphing and alignment problems, this image would have been a good candidate for multiple alignment processing but I don't have time for that right now.

18" Starmaster Newt., 11,500mm FL, DMK-21F04 camera, 30FPS, stack of 1000 frames from 2150.

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

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Hi Wes,

Great resolution as always. My thoughts would be, a lower EFL to get more surrounding terrian in, or a mosiac. Also, the very bright edges of the frame could be cropped (caused by sharpening.)

Overall though, another crater thats been well and truely "starmastered"

Damian

Beautiful Wes. I like those dark halo craters. I was just reading about the discovery of some of the rilles in the 1880's today. great stuff!

Jim Phillips

Hi Wes,

The images that your less than satisfied with would be reference images for most of us! Great image and thank you for posting it.

Clear skies,

Ed Roach

Hi Wes -

It is always a pleasure to see your images - even the second string players
The resolution is extraordinary.

Alan

Hi Wes,

Great work as always! Keep it up.

Eric