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A triplet of similarly sized craters, Theophilus, Cyrillus, and Catharina, are situated vertically from north to south on the lunar terminator. The plain to the east is Mare Nectaris. Fracastorius is the ancient, flooded crater in the lower left corner of the image. (A. Ruki 46, 47, 57, 58)
ZWO ASI178MC
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)
Losmandy G11
Captured 3,000 frames in Firecapture
Stacked best 1,500 frames in Autostakkert
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in Photoshop
An experiment in stitching together a couple of shots made from stacked video frames rather than DSLR shots. In the middle of the image from top to bottom are Craters Theophilus, Cyrillus, and Catharina with the smaller Crater Mädler to the east in Mare Nectaris. The shots were taken on September 8th in Sicily with the Mooon in First Quarter phase.
Made from 2 x 1,000 frame videos captured with FireCapture and processed in PIPP, Registax, and Photoshop. Stitched in Microsoft ICE.
Equipment:
Celestron NexStar 127 SLT
Alt-Az Mount
ZWO ASI120 MC imaging camera
x3 Barlow lens