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Apollo 17 Landing Site, Taurus-Littrow Valley, 17 Apr 2013, David Dearden

Apollo 17 Landing Site, Taurus-Littrow Valley, 17 Apr 2013

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Description

This is one of the first images with my modified Logitech c270 HD camera. This has much smaller pixels than the LPI, and hence gives a more “magnified” effect. There is still some vignetting with this camera. Capture was fully Mac-native. OK for a first try; seeing was poor.

Date: 17 Apr 2013

Subject: Taurus-Littrow Valley, Apollo 17 Landing Site

Scope: AT8IN + Meade 3x Barlow

Filter: Baader Planetarium Fringe Killer (UV-IR cut)

Mount: CG-5 (Synta motors)

Guiding: manual

Camera: Modified Logitech c270 HD

Acquisition: BTV+Webcam Settings

Exposure: 120 s, ~10 fps

Stacking: PIPP (Wine); Registax 6 (VMWare), best 80 frames of ~1200

Processing: Wavelets in Registax 6; StarTools Contrast:Agressiveness 25; Sharpen; CS6 add crosshairs, Astronomy Tools AstroFrame.

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Apollo 17 Landing Site, Taurus-Littrow Valley, 17 Apr 2013, David Dearden