2004

Clavius at sunrise. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam and Tele Vue 2x barlow with extension tube @ about f/25. March 30, 2004 UT.

Clavius at sunrise. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam and Tele Vue 2x barlow with extension tube @ about f/25. March 30, 2004 UT.

Rupes Recta at sunrise. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam and Tele Vue 2x barlow with extension tube @ about f/25. March 30, 2004 UT.

Plato area at sunrise. Note the small craterlets within Plato. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam and Tele Vue 2x barlow with extension tube @ about f/25. March 30, 2004 UT.

Messier A and B. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam and stacked Tele Vue 1.8x and 2x barlows @ f/35. Converted to grayscale. January 28, 2004.

Theophillus, Cyrillus, and Catharina (top to bottom) on the western margin of Mare Nectaris. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam and a Tele Vue 2x barlows @ f/25. January 28, 2004. Converted to Grayscale.

2003

Mare Orientale. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Nikon CoolPix 4500. Afocal projection through a TeleVue 32 mm Plossl eyepiece and a 2x barlow (left) and a 7 mm Nagler eyepiece (right). The right image is a mosaic made from five separate frames. These have been manually rotated to compensate for field rotation. November 15, 2003.

Aristarchus. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow, November 6, 2003.

Schiller. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow, November 6, 2003.

Mare Humorum. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow, November 6, 2003.

Reiner Gamma. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow, September 17, 2003.

Tycho. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with stacked Televue 2x and 1.8x barlows, September 17, 2003.

Mare Orientale. Two image photomosaic obtained with a 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow, September 17, 2003.

Kepler under a high sun angle. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow, September 17, 2003.

Aristarchus Plateau and Oceanus Procellarum. Two image photomosaic obtained with a 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow, September 17, 2003.

Aristarchus. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with stacked Televue 2x and 1.8x barlows, September 17, 2003.

Appenines. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow, September 17, 2003.

Appenine Front and Rima Hadley. 203 mm f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow and extension tube. August 18, 2003. The Apollo 15 landing site is adjacent to Rima Hadley.

Plato and Vallis Alpis. 8" f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 1.8x barlow and extension tube. August 18, 2003. Note the craterlets in Plato and the thin rill extending down the valley floor of Vallis Alpis. Compare this with images obtained with the PC23C below.

Rupes Recta. This feature is also known as the "Straight Range." Note Rima Birt to the west (left). The dark smudge at the north end of Rima Birt is an ash deposit from a fire fountain originating from the vent. On the right is the same image with the color exaggerated. The mare basalts show up as purple and the volcanic ash deposits associated with Rima Birt are a deep red.  8" f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 1.8x barlow and extension tube. August 18, 2003. 

Ptolemy, Alphonsus, and Arzachel. Alphonsus was the target of Ranger 9 that impacted the crater floor in 1965. Note the dark ash deposits that issued from several circular vents around the floor perimeter. 8" f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow and extension tube. August 18, 2003. 

  Hyginus and Triesnecker. 8" f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam with Televue 2x barlow and extension tube. August 18, 2003. Compare this image to the photomosaic obtained with the PC23C video camera below.

May 12, 2003. Lunar mosaic made from five images obtained with 8" f/7 newtonian and a Nikon CoolPix 4500 through a Kellner 40 mm eyepiece.

Moretus and Southern Lunar Limb. 8" f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam, @ f/25 with Televue 2x barlow and extension tube. May 12, 2003, 3:03 UT.

Tycho. 8" f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam, @ f/25 with Televue 2x barlow and extension tube. May 12, 2003, 3:01 UT.

Copernicus. 8" f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam, @ ~f/15 (left) and f/25 (right) with Televue 2x barlow and extension tube. May 12, 2003, 4:07 UT (left), 4:04 UT (right).

Schlumberger Domes. This is a portion of the region southwest of Copernicus (see image above left) and north of the crater Hortensius (just out of field bottom left).  At least four domes are visible in the bottom left hand corner. Several of these domes show a summit depression. These domes are sometimes referred to as the "Schlumberger domes" and were recently detailed in ALPO's Strolling Astronomer (Winter, 2003). They are part of the Hortensius-Milichius-Tobias dome field in the region of Oceanus Procellarum.  

Clavius. 8" f/7 newtonian and a Philips ToUcam Pro webcam, @ f/25 with Televue 2x barlow and extension tube. May 12, 2003, 2:58 UT.

April 9, 2003. Lunar mosaic composed of images obtained with a 8" f/7 newtonian and a Nikon Coolpix 4500 through a 40 mm Kellner eyepiece.

2002

Clavius and Tycho in the Southern Highlands. 8" f/7 and Nikon CoolPix 4500, afocal projection through a Televue 7.0 mm Nagler eyepiece. December 13, 2002. Note that the Moon was very near apogee when this image was taken.

Clavius. 8" f/7 and ToUcam Pro Webcam @ f/31, December 13, 2002.

Tycho. 8" f/7 and ToUcam Pro Webcam @ f/31, December 13, 2002.

Taruntius on November 22, 2002. See this VLT image for a truly high-resolution view of this region obtained from Earth. 8" f/7 and ToUcam Pro Webcam @ f/27.

Messier (right) and Messier A (left) on November 22, 2002. This enigmatic crater couplet was obtained under relatively poor seeing conditions. 8" f/7 and ToUcam Pro Webcam @ f/27. It probably represents a grazing impact. Perhaps it is a grazing impact of a "twinned" asteroid. Note the subtle color variations over the surface of Mare Fecunditatis.

Hercules (left) and Atlas (right) on November 22, 2002. This image was obtained under relatively poor seeing conditions. 8" f/7 and ToUcam Pro Webcam @ f/27.

 Aristarchus Plateau area, November 16, 2002. This is one of the first images of the moon produced using the ToUcam Pro webcam with an 8" f/7 newtonian @ about f/20. This is a combination of less than 20 frames from a 60 second AVI clip (over 600 frames) under very turbulent skies. 

 Waxing Gibbous Moon, November 5, 2002. An obtained with an 8" f/7 newtonian and a Nikon Coolpix 4500 digital camera with afocal projection through a 40 mm eyepiece.

2001

December 2, 2001. A mosaic of four frames taken with a 108 mm newtonian @ f/4 (prime focus) and an Intel PC CS430 (Intel Pro Video PC Camera) and an Edmund IR cutoff filter. The right image has had the color saturation increased to better show minor color variation across the lunar landscape.

Vallis Alpis. The Alpine Vally with a 8" f/7 newtonian and a PC23C video camera @ about f/73. Note the rill resolved near the middle of the vallis. Compare this image with the one obtained using a Philips ToUcam Pro on August 18, 2003.

Clavius. February 4, 2001 at about f/40 for the image at left and f/73 for the image at right with a 8" f/7 newtonian @ f/73 and a PC23C video camera. Both are the result of 40 stacked frames.

Copernicus. February 4, 2001 with a 8" f/7 newtonian @ f/73 and a PC23C video camera @ about f/70.

Plato. Plato on February 4, 2001 with a 8" f/7 newtonian and a PC23C video camera at about f/70. Note several craterlets on the crater floor.

Hyginus and Triesnecker. A two frame mosaic of the Hyginus and Triesnecker area captured near first quarter on April 1, 2001 at about 2:00 UT with a 8" f/7 newtonian and a PC23C video camera @ about f/73 .

Tycho. Tycho on February 4, 2001 with a 8" f/7 newtonian @ f/73 and a PC23C video camera @ about f/70.

2000 and before

Earthshine. The dark side of the moon of a waxing crescent on December 30, 2000 using a 108 mm f/4 newtonian at prime focus. PC23C video camera.

Hadley Rill. An early CCD image obtained with an 8" f/7 newtonian and a Panasonic camcorder.

Clavius. An early CCD image obtained with an 8" f/7 newtonian and a Panasonic camcorder.

Gassendi. An early CCD image obtained with an 8" f/7 newtonian and a Panasonic camcorder.

Alphonsus Region. An early CCD image obtained with an 8" f/7 newtonian and a Panasonic camcorder.