Sweet Pitatus

A mosaic made from six (not very well planned) streams - 150-200 frames used from each.

This is bittersweet potatoes, really - the end of the barrel for my nice data that I saved for a rainy day. I hope the winter is almost at an end!

Captured with the A-P 10" mak/cassegrain at f30 and DMK21BF04 webcam on August 16. 2006. This is reduced a bit to fit Astromart size limits - the original file can be viewed here:

http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/sweet_pitatus_hires.html

best wishes -
Alan

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Well done Alan!

Paul

Alan,

Rimae Pitatus is a very interesting area to study. Nice detail in Gauricus F too. You did an outstanding job capturing all the detail.

Cheers,
-JW:

WOW! Alan sweet is right! A wonderful lunar vista! Thats some serious resolution and image scale. Maybe we'll get some good spring seeing with warm temps so you can fill up that barrel again! Its been since October for me :S

-cheers

Mike

Hidden in this region's rich rubble field is a lunar face - an ancient one-eyed warrior (Greek perhaps?). I've rotated it here to make it a little easier to discern.

Can you find it in the panorama? A hint - it is in an area discussed by Chuck Wood in his LPOD commentary for March 13, 2007:

http://www.lpod.org/

happy hunting!
Alan

ps - apologies to those that hate this sort of nonsense 8)

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An excellent ending to a memorable night Alan!! I wish you many more like it.

Regards,
Ed Roach

Hi Alan,

wow, that is impressive. The processing and level of fine details are more than sweet 8O
Hope you have such fine conditions again soon to create another backcatalog of unprocessed material

Best wishes,
Oliver

Hi Alan, just beautiful your images and processing.
Hesiodus A is one on my wishlist.It's just a nice round Cockie for a little bite.
Regards Richard