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| + | <td><div align="center"><p>Image Credit: [mailto:mark@stronge.org.uk Mark Stronge]</p></div></td> | ||
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| + | <p class="story" align="center"><b>First Light on a Nearly Full Moon </b></p> | ||
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| + | A new telescope brings great joy, anticipation and too often, clouds. Here is a first light image by Mark Stronge | ||
| + | of Northern Ireland of the nearly full Moon of March 5th. Mark followed the now standard procedure of combining | ||
| + | multiple ccd images and got a first image to be proud of with good sharpness and tonal contrast. Along the limb | ||
| + | are the large craters Bailly in the south and Hevelius near the equator. | ||
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| + | <p><b>Technical Details:</b><br> | ||
| + | This first light image was taken Friday 5th March at 00:45hrs UT with my new Orion ED 80mm refractor | ||
| + | on a Vixen GP mount. Image captured using a Minolta Dimage 7, 5 mega-pixel camera coupled afocally | ||
| + | to a Scopetronix MaxView 40mm eyepiece. Exposure was f2.8, 1/1000 second shutter and ISO100. 12 | ||
| + | images were photographed, then aligned and stacked in Registax. Final processing was done in Paint Shop Pro. | ||
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| + | <p class="story"><b>Related Links:</b><br> | ||
| + | [http://www.eaas.co.uk/club_members/stronge_astrophotography_6.html Stronge Astrophotography]<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=6306&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword= Orion 80mm ED Apochromatic refractor] | ||
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| + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[March 12, 2004|Forming the Moon]] </p> | ||
| + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[March 14, 2004|Happy Birthday, Einstein]] </p> | ||
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| + | <p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Author & Editor:</b><br> | ||
| + | [mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p> | ||
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First Light on a Nearly Full Moon
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First Light on a Nearly Full Moon A new telescope brings great joy, anticipation and too often, clouds. Here is a first light image by Mark Stronge of Northern Ireland of the nearly full Moon of March 5th. Mark followed the now standard procedure of combining multiple ccd images and got a first image to be proud of with good sharpness and tonal contrast. Along the limb are the large craters Bailly in the south and Hevelius near the equator. Technical Details: Related Links: Yesterday's LPOD: Forming the Moon Tomorrow's LPOD: Happy Birthday, Einstein |
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