Copernicus, Stadius & Hortensius

 

 Copernicus Crater F9

Captured 08/12/01

Celestron 8" + Vesta Pro

 

  Copernicus Crater F23

Captured 01/04/01

Celestron 8" + 2xBarlow + Vesta Pro

 Copernicus Crater F33

Captured 08/12/01

Celestron 8" + 3xBarlow + Vesta Pro

This image is a single frame from an AVI processed with PhotoShop.

 Copernicus Crater F33

Captured 05/02/01

Celestron 8" + 3xBarlow + Vesta Pro

This is a single image processed with unsharp masking and contrast adjustment. This image has been enlarged by 50%. This image was collected on a night of exceptional seeing.

 

 Copernicus Crater F33

Captured 04/12/03

LX200 12" + 3xBarlow + Vesta Pro

Images (20 of 445) selected aligned and stacked with IRIS.

 

 Stadius F33

Captured 05/31/01

Celestron 8" + 3xBarlow + Vesta Pro

8 images selected from 122 Frame AVI, aligned and stacked with IRIS.

 

  Hortensius and Lunar Domes

Celestron 8", Vesta Pro WebCam, 3XBarlow

The Lunar Domes are the small bump like features just below the crater Hortensius.