Observation by Chris Hooker: Mare Serenitatis

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2017 Jan 09 - 21:50

Uploaded

2017 Jan 13 - 21:20

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

Orion Optics OMC200 Mak-Cass
ZWO ASI120MM-S camera
Baader 610nm & IR-cut filters

Exposure

3 msec

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Mare Serenitatis

Title

Mare Serenitatis

About this image

This is a mosaic of four images, one of each quadrant of the mare. Each component image is a stack of 1500 out of 3000 video frames stacked in Autostakkert!2, with wavelet sharpening and histogram adjustment in Registax. The mosaic was assembled using IMerge.

The high sun angle means that there are no shadows to reveal the topography of the features. Instead, the image shows the tonal variations across the lunar surface: the light-coloured highlands, multi-toned darker lava flows in the mare itself and the paler streaks and splashes of overlying ejecta. At the lower right are the dark mantle deposits in the Taurus-Littrow region, site of the Apollo 17 landing in 1972.

Files associated with this observation

Serenitatis mosaic B 9 Jan 17.jpg (1.2 MB)

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