astrobaja - 1-8-2012 at 09:45 AM
Hi all,
Took some pics of the moon with my scope a few nights ago, the seeing was very good. Got one of the images published on the "Lunar pic of the day"
website.
Its run by Charles Wood, hes a selenographer (lunar geologist) who worked for NASA during the Apollo mision program.
Heres the link (sorry Nomads 50k limit is kinda pathetic!)
http://lpod.wikispaces.com/January+8,+2012
David K - 1-8-2012 at 09:57 AM
If the photo is hosted off site (like Photobucket or your web site), there is no 50 kb limit... just a request to not exceed 800 pixels width.
goldhuntress - 1-8-2012 at 09:57 AM
Wow is right! I fixed the link to go straight to it.
http://lpod.wikispaces.com/January+8%2C+2012
SFandH - 1-8-2012 at 10:03 AM
cool
what's the diameter of the large, deep crater more or less in the middle of the picture and on the left side of the larger, shallow crater?
astrobaja - 1-8-2012 at 10:12 AM
David, I know, but the image is 1600X1200 and one meg.
Thanks for fixing the link Goldhuntress!
The main crater Gassendi is 67X67 miles, the smaller one Gassendi A is 20X20 its walls are 11,000 ft. The central peaks of Gassendi are around 4500'.
The smallest resolvable features right around the 300 meter mark.
[Edited on 1-8-2012 by astrobaja]
wessongroup - 1-8-2012 at 10:16 AM
Cool link ... thanks... and some shot... 
[Edited on 1-8-2012 by wessongroup]
fdt - 1-8-2012 at 08:48 PM
Wow astro, I need to get up there to your astronomical B&B, that image is great!
AmoPescar - 1-9-2012 at 02:53 PM
Michael...
AWESOME picture...Amazing clarity and detail!!!
Thanks for sharing with us!
Miguelamo 
DianaT - 1-9-2012 at 09:39 PM
BEAUTIFUL----THANKS
Mexitron - 1-9-2012 at 10:42 PM
Beautiful!
astrobaja - 1-10-2012 at 01:58 PM
Glad everyone likes the image! The thing that allows for details like this has to do with lack of turbulent air here in the sierra. Which is why up on
the mountain the conditions are on par with Mauna Kea in hawaii, and places like Cerro Tollolo in S. America.
Heres a site with the rest of the images I took the same night:
http://bajadarkskies.smugmug.com/Photography/lunar-images/20...
or this tinyurl:
http://tinyurl.com/6lql5ba
[Edited on 1-10-2012 by astrobaja]