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Moon Images - March and April 2014
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The following images were
taken on 21 March - shortly before
Saturn's
occultation - around 01:00 UT. They were taken from a series of comparisons
between a Baader UV/IR blocking filter and the Baader IR pass filter. The moon
phase was decreasing, 19.7 days with an illumination of 81.2 %.
Image
data of all images: Celestron SkyRis camera 445 M + Baader IR pass filter on
Onjala C14 focal. Stacking 144/1.200 frames each and wavelet filtering with
AviStack 1.8. Finishing with Adobe Photoshop CS 2. |
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The picture on the right shows the large floor fractured crater
Posidonius in direct comparison with the UV/IR blocking filter and the IR
Passfilter of the company Baader. The IR passport filter calms clearly the
Seeing conditions, and shows significantly sharper final
images.
All
following pictures were taken with the IR passport filter. Click on the
thumbnail to load a large image. All images are displayed in a separate browser
window. opened.
The following
pictures were taken on March 21st - just before the ocultation of Saturn -
around 01:00 UT. They are part of a series of comparisons between a Baader
UV/IR cut and the Baader IR-pass filter. The phase of the moon was waning, 19.7
days with an illumination of 81.2%.
Infos for all the Pictures: Celestron SkyRis 445M Camera + Baader
IR-pass filter on the |
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| Onjala C14
at primary focus. Stacking 144 of 1.200 frames and wavelet filtering with
AviStack 1.8. Final processing was done with Adobe PhotoShop CS2. The picture
on the right shows a direct comparison of the floor fractured crater
Posidonius, once with the UV/IR cut and once with the IR-pass filter. The
IR-pass filter considerably calms down the seeing conditions and delivers much
sharper final pictures. All following pictures were taken with the IR-pass
filter. To enlarge the picture simply click on the preview. All pictures will
open in a separate browser window. |
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