Astro Images: June-July 2014
12" LX200R or FSQ-106EDX, Paramount ME, STL-11000M C1 or ASI120MM
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Moon - (LX200R at 3,600 mm FL, ASI120MM camera, Monochrome Image)
(Best 60% of 1650 frames, R filter, @ 27 FPS; Good seeing; Processed in Registax 6; July 6, 2014)
[Largest crater is PLATO (109 Km diameter), with Mare Frigoris above (North), and Mare Imbrium below (South); long valley at upper right is Vallis Alpes, extending northward from the Montes Alpes. The rilles extending to the northwest of Plato are the Rimae Plato; the smaller crater to the west of Plato is Bliss (20 Km diameter), and the scattered mountains to the south of Plato are the Montes Teneriffe. The double craters to the east of Plato, in-line with Vallis Alpes are designated K and KA and are approx. 6 Km in diameter; Plato's rim is approx 2 Km above the crater floor; the age of Plato is estimated to be approx. 3.84 billion years and was filled with lava more recently, creating a flat crater floor with low albedo.]
Moon - (LX200R at 3,600 mm FL, ASI120MM camera, Monochrome Image)
(Best 60% of 1640 frames R filter, @ 27 FPS; Good seeing; Processed in Registax 6; cropped; July 6, 2014)
[Largest crater is COPERNICUS (93 Km diameter and 3.8 Km depth), exhibiting a ray pattern characteristic of craters formed during the Copernican period (crater age is less than about 1 billion years); the Montes Carpatus are at upper left, with the larger crater bordering the mountains being Guy Lussac, and the rille extending below it the Rimae Guy Lussac; the large crater at bottom is Reinhold (48 Km diameter), with Reinhold B just above it. The larger of the double craters below Copernicus is Fauth (12 Km diameter). The Sinus Aestuum ('seething bay') extends to the east of Copernicus (to the right in the image).
Saturn - (LX200R at 3,600 mm FL, ASI120MM camera, RGB Image)
(Best 80% of 2400 frames per color, R, G, B, @ 6-27 FPS; Fair seeing; Processed in Registax 6; July 2, 2014)
Moonscape - (LX200R at 3,600 mm FL, ASI120MM camera, Monochrome Image)
(Best 400 of 450 frames @ 27 FPS; Fair seeing; Processed in Registax 6; June 8, 2014)
[Largest crater is CLAVIUS (235 Km dia); small crater on lower left edge of Clavius is PORTER (52 Km); small crater on upper left edge of Clavius is RUTHERFORD 2; crater in bottom right corner is LONGOMONTANUS (145 Km); double craters to right of Clavius are SCHEINER (110 Km, lower) and BLANCANUS (105 Km, upper); crater near upper left with central peak is MORTEUS (114 Km); craters below Morteus are CYSATUS (49 Km, left) and GRUEMBERGER (93 Km, right); above Morteus is crater SHORT (70 Km): to upper right of Blancanus is KLAPROTH (119 Km), and just beyond is CASATUS (111 Km). The smallest craters are 2-4 Km in diameter, or approximately 1-2 arcsecond angular diameter.]
