Latest Sample Images
Lunar image examples taken with a Celestron 8 XLT, eight-inch (Ø200mm) F10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and planetary CMOS cameras. Undoubtedly, the most important gadget is good seeing with calm air.
Plato and the Northwest
Stack of 600 frames, 5ms each at gain 172, 170fps, 1.5x drizzled, ZWO ASI290MM, Pro-Planet IR642nm, Celestron 8 XLT, 1x barlow, Plato and the Northwest2024-04-18 at 09:44 UTC
Stack of 600 frames, 5ms each at gain 172, 170fps, 1.5x drizzled, ZWO ASI290MM, Pro-Planet IR642nm, Celestron 8 XLT, 1x barlow, Centered on Crater Deslandres2024-04-18 at 09:38 UTC Full screen
Stack of 600 frames, 5ms each at gain 184, 170fps, 1.5x drizzled, ZWO ASI290MM, Pro-Planet IR642nm, Celestron 8 XLT, 1x barlow, Mare Nubium and Rupes Recta2024-04-18 at 09:36 UTC Full screen
Stack of 600 frames, 5ms each at gain 184, 170fps, 1.5x drizzled, ZWO ASI290MM, Pro-Planet IR642nm, Celestron 8 XLT, 1x barlow, From Copernicus to Apennines2024-04-18 at 09:34 UTC Full screen
Stack of 600 frames, 5ms each at gain 173, 170fps, 1.5x drizzled, ZWO ASI290MM, Pro-Planet IR642nm, Celestron 8 XLT, 1x barlow, The rugged Lunar South2024-04-18 at 09:32 UTC Full screen
Stack of 600 frames, 5ms each at gain 300, 170fps, 1.5x drizzled, ZWO ASI290MM, Pro-Planet IR642nm, Celestron 8 XLT, 2.1x barlow, Janssen Crater Close-up2024-03-16 at 09:42 UTC Full screen
Stack of 600 frames, 5ms each at gain 290, 170fps, 1.5x drizzled, ZWO ASI290MM, Pro-Planet IR642nm, Celestron 8 XLT, 1.6x barlow, Janssen Crater2024-03-16 at 10:05 UTC Full screen
