Plato and Vallis Alpes (Moon Closeup) (Raul C.)

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Plato and Vallis Alpes (Moon Closeup)

This beautiful moon close-up image was taken from my balcony in germany and it's one of my best images. I am amazed getting this kind of details witha prototype of my selfmade Newtonian 12" telescope which contains some 3d-printed parts.

The image shows the lunar crater Plato, which has a diameter of 101 kilometers. The floor is covered with formerly liquid basalt, which is very dark. Inside the crater you can see, among other things, four small craters with a diameter of up to around two kilometers. A little to the East of the crater Plato, located in the Lunar Alps, is a[i] [/i]deep gorge known as the Alpine Valley. The valley, which can be partially seen, is 170 kilometers long and 10 kilometers wide. The small, 700 meter wide valley in the middle of the Alpine valley was also clearly visible:

My workflow for this image is very simple. This image is a 15% stack of a 90 seconds video. For sharpness I used the Wavelet filter in Registax and Fitswork. I didn't use any filters, only the sensor of the monochrome camera itself. Most important was a dynamic focus correction and fan control of the mirrors. I am very happy with the design of my system and that all the optical elements harmonize well with each other.

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