Aristarchus, minerals and rimae (Guillermo Gonzalez)

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Aristarchus, minerals and rimae

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

Aristarchus, minerals and rimae

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

You cant screw it on this one, I was telling myself last January, when after checking that seeing was supreme and the Moon was riding high close to the zenit. With such a seeing and in that phase of the Moon, I am "mothly" attracted to the Aristarchus area. It is so bright, so wonderfully full of rimae and mineral colors... And of course, SCHROTERI rille is so.... "lava engineering at its finest"....

So, despite some humidity battles, the image turned out well, no self guilt on having screwed it... I was generous "on the SDD" and took moderate long captures (between 40000 to 60000 frames at 148 fps) keeping only best 1000 images of the 5 takes of the composed mosaic. The resulted integrations werent neednt much processing, it is so easy when atmosphere cooperates..... only inceasing a bit saturation to highlight the wonderful colors of this area.

Some specs from the session: Colour Space=RAW8, Brightness=49, Auto Exp Max Gain=300, Auto Exp Max Exp M S=30000, Auto Exp Target Brightness=100

As it is a composition of 5 tiles, I invite you open it and "walk around " it at 100%, so many wonderful elements scattered.... I specially like the Marius area with its volcanic area and its subtle rima...

I am very happy of its result and much more for having "been up to the seeing"...

Glad to share it!, CS Guillermo.

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