Observations>Binocular Objects>Craters ~10 Days Old14 Binocular Craters around 10 Days
14 of 14 Bino craters around 10 days, in my highest resolution capture to date.
Observer Comments
| Target Description | With an extremely sharp telescope image almost perfectly timed, it was a straight-forward task to identify these "Binocular" targets. The only crater that gave me any trouble was Gassendi, the furthest west and closest to the terminator. I missed it the first time in the darkness, but when it came time to write up this report, I saw it right away. No doubt, "practice makes perfect". |
| Image Capture Description | Technically, this is the best lunar observation in this submission (at least so far). It takes advantage of the EdgeHD at full 2032mm focal length and 294 camera. This was my first experience with using SharpCap's real-time lucky imaging. I had turned to it out of desperation because wildfire smoke had ruined multiple observing nights for much of the summer. Smoke turned the original image bright yellow (I converted it to grayscale). Despite the poor transparency, the combination of much longer focal length, lucky-image stacking, and wavelet sharpening delivers a much more detailed image than any of the Seestar captures. |
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Capture Details
| Date and Time Observed | 2024-09-13 21:56:00 |
| Phase Age | 10.5 days |
| Lunar Phase | Waxing Gibbous |
| Illumination | 78% |
| Conditions | Transparency: Poor. Seeing: Good. |
| Obs. Lat/Long | 42° 17', 073° 57' |
| Capture Software | SharpCap |
| Capture Type | Real-time lucky imaging with wavelet sharpening |
| Instrument | EdgeHD 8" f10-2,032mm FL |
| Camera | ASI294MC-Pro |
| Capture Details | Approximately 20 images stacked 50ms exposures |
| Post Processing | Leveled and sharpened in Affinity Photo |
