Observation by Bill Leatherbarrow: Lunar South Pole

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Bill Leatherbarrow

Observer

Bill Leatherbarrow

Observed

2017 May 07 - 20:42

Uploaded

2017 May 11 - 09:14

Objects

The Moon

Equipment

OMC300 Mak-Cass
ASI290MM camera
IR 742nm filter

Location

Sheffield

Target name

Lunar South Polar Region

Title

Lunar South Pole

About this image

It always surprises me what modern cameras and processing software can retrieve from the gloop of Sheffield seeing. This AVI was wobbling like a jelly, but the image gives a fair account of the complex terrain south of Moretus. I wonder what the great past BAA observers of the lunar south polar regions - Ewen Whitaker, Ben Burrell and Harold Hill - would have made of the techniques available to us today.

Files associated with this observation

SOUTH POLE (130%)_21-41-55 UT_ZWO ASI290MM_070517_col 51,7_IR742_AS_f800_g4_ap697.jpg (104.5 kB)

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Dr Andrew Smith, Jeremy Shears, David Basey, Peter Mulligan, Dawson, Lars Lindhard, Chris Hooker, Mike Olason, Carolyn Kennett, Andrew Paterson, Dave Finnigan

Comments

Dawson, 2017 May 11 - 18:20 UTC

Bill, this is just great; are you sure you've not hacked into the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and borrowed some of their data :) It is simply stunning, so crisp and a real sense of depth. Great stuff.

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