Plato 03/31/04

Hi,

This image of Plato was taken on the same night as my last Jupiter image.
This Plato image is certainly not equal(but what is) to the great image that Mike Wirths (congratulations Mike) posted s few days ago but it ain't bad :>)

14.5 Starmaster , Toucam Pro, 102 frames.

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

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Wes, the shot is excellent! the rim of the crater is super sharp! Lots of detail.

Best,

Jose Suro
Tierra Verde, Florida

Hi Wes,

Don't kid yourself thats a superb Plato! I counted around 20 craterlets, plus theres lots of cool striations on the crater floor..very nice!
When I shot my Plato by mistake with the 5X's powermate, I also tied one right after with the 3X's and the resolution was not nearly as good. So one thing my "mistake" taught me that when the seeings good enough oversampling (in my case .10 arcseconds per pixel) seems to give great resolution, but its a chore keeping your subject in the FOV! I'm sure you've seen this pic of Plato by Bruno Daversin, its a jaw dropper, 60 craterlets!!!!
http://www.lpod.org/LPOD-2004-01-24.htm

thats the one to beat for sure, course he has a 24" Cass not exactly a "backyard" scope ;>)

cheers

Mike Wirths

Great shot Wes! You got the full 3D effect here!
Very sharp contrast, detail... the edges are superb!
Congrats!



Ivan

Wes -

An excellent Plato!

Alan

Great image, Mike!

Psychedelic feeling with that orientation :-)

Johannes