Theophilus and Cyrillus

Started by aristaeus63, 04/04/2007 09:11PM
Posted 04/04/2007 09:11PM | Edited 04/04/2007 09:13PM Opening Post
I took this shot on March 25. Theophilus is the large crater in the center and Cyrillus is to the right. Below Theophilus is a small dark halo crater named Beaumont L that is about 2 miles in diameter. The image was taken with my 8" SCT and a Celestron Neximage Webcam. It is a stack of 250 frames. The processing was done with Registax 4 and Photoshop 7. I over did it a little with Photoshop as I think the shot looks a little harsh. The following link is to 1963 US Air Force Lunar charts that are quite detailed.

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/

Andreas



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DSOs observed:
NGCs 2005, ICs 103, Other 70, Palomar GCs 6, Abell PNs 12, Herschel 400: 316.
Equipment
Celestron CPC 1100, Lunt 60mm Ha Solar Scope