Lunar
Lunar Landscapes
Welcome to the lunar section of my gallery. Here, you'll find a collection of images capturing the Moon in all its phases and details. From the rugged terrain of craters to the smooth plains of maria, these photos showcase the beauty and complexity of our closest celestial neighbor.
Explore the wonders of the lunar surface as seen through my observatory in County Meath, Ireland. Enjoy the journey!
A series of images of the Moon taken with an HX516 camera and LX200 at f10 - exposure 0.02 s
Taken on 4/3/09 at 22.18 UT with my 254mm LX200 at f/8. Exposure was .001 sec. The rugged area from Ptolemaeus south has a number of large craters including Albategnius, Alphonsus, Arzachel and Werner.
Another lunar image, this time taken on 4/3/09 at 22.17 UT showing the lunar appenines at the top and the large crater Ptolemaeus at the bottom.
Just a few images taken of the moon showing the terminator changes over the space of a day. The first was at 17.05UT, the second was taken at 18.20 UT on the same day while the third was taken the following day at 19.07 UT
The sunrise on the Jura mountaints can be clearly seen
A notable change in one day. Mare Imbrium almost completely sunlit.
I decided to try my hand at a mosaic of the Moon. This is my first attempt at any mosaic so it was a learning experience. I took 10 frames of various parts of the Moon using my SXV-H9 camera through my 254mm LX200 working at about f7. The exposures were 0.003 seconds and monochrome. Images were acquired using AstroArt4 and stitched together using maxImDL. Happy enough with the first attempt although more care could have been used in the alignment. I may try my hand at some deepsky objects.