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IMAGES OF THE MOON

Imaging the moon requires similar techniques to planetary imaging. I often use eyepiece projection with a 24mm eyepiece or a 2.5X Barlow Lens but no extra image amplification is necessary with a small pixel camera like the ST5-C . Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.

Southern Highlands mosaic. C14 eyepiece projection with 2.5x Barlow.

The crater Clavius. C11 image projection with 24mm eyepiece.

Tycho. C14 eyepiece projection with 2.5x Barlow and ST-5C

The environment of the flooded crater Kies. ST5-C with C14 at F11.

Copernicus. ST5-C with C14 at F11.

Clavius. ST5-C with C14 at F11.

Apollo 11 landing site with location of the craters Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins marked. ST5-C with C14 at F11.

Eratosthenes. ST5-C with C14 at F11.

Triesnecker. ST5-C with C14 and 2.5x Barlow.

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Afocal projection with C14 and Kodak DC3200 digital camera using 16mm eyepiece

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Nearly full moon