January 24, 2009

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Compelling Copernican Color

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image by Yuri Goryachko, Mikhail Abgarian, Konstantin Morozov, Minsk, Belarus

If you squint your eyes and look at this from a distance it could be a Hubble Space Telescope image of a star-studded nebula. But it's better than that - it's our Moon with bright Copernicus at right-center. This Chuck Wood

Technical Details
13th January, 2009 23:30UT. Maksutov-Cassegrain Santel D=230mm F=3000mm + Unibrain Fire-i 702 CCD b/w camera (IEEE-1394, 1388x1040, 10fps, 12bit) + UV (Optec Bessel U, 340-395nm), Astronomik Green, and Astronomik Planet IR Pro (IR-pass 807nm+) filters; Registax & Avistack. LRGB (L=IR, R=IR, G=G, B=UV). Seeing 4/10, Trans 4/5

Related Links
Rükl plate 31
Minsk Miracle Imagers website and larger view of this image.

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