The Moon
Shot with SV80S APO Triplet and SV102ED Refractor
DMK21AU04 Digital Video Camera



Sunrise in Copernicus - SV102ED @ f/21




Mare Serenitatis and Posidonius - SV102ED @ f/17




SV80S @ f/6




Rupes Recta, Arzachel and Alphonsus, SV102ED @ f/21




  Mare Imbrium - SV102ED @ f/15




Two frame mosaic, SV80S @ f/6




Two frame mosaic, SV80S @ f/6




Moretus-Clavius-Tycho region, sunrise light, SV102ED @ f/21




Two frame mosaic, SV80S @ f/6




Cassini, Aristoteles and Eudoxus - SV102ED @ f/18




Four frame mosaic, 15 Aug 08, SV80S @ f/6 and Astrodon 6nm H-alpha filter




Rupes Recta, Arzachel, Alphonsus and Ptolemaeus, SV102ED @ f/18




Four frame mosaic, 11 Aug 08, SV80S @ f/6




79% Waning Moon -- 6 frame mosaic SV102ED @ f/7




4 day old Moon -- SV80S @ f/15
[higher resolution version]




Sunrise in Ptolemaeus, Albategmois & Hipparchus -- SV102ED @ f/18
Long shadows cast across the slighly convex floor of Ptolemaeus, Reaumur Rille, upper center.




Sunrise in Crater Walter, flooded floor Stofler -- SV102ED @ f/18




Treiesnecker, Hyginus and Ariadaeus rilles -- SV102ED @ f/18

Albategnius and Klein	Aristoteles
Triesnecker crater & rille, crater Chiadni at left	Sunrise in crater Walter

These images were shot at f/40, apparently pushing resolution to the limits of the ED optics and seeing conditions.  Resolution is
several arc seconds, or, roughly 3 to 5 mile size surface features.  I am now curious as to how much more can be gained by
going to an APO triplet instrument.  These four images are not cropped, rather reduced from their original 640x480 size.
Still, pretty respectable resolution working with only 4 inch aperture, me thinks.  The SV102ED is an excellent instrument.



Stellarvue SV102ED, SV66 and GM8 mount


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