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Re: [APML] OT: Lunar Mosaic
> The camera is a Philips ToUCam Pro and the scope a Meade LX200 12"
> Schmidt-Cassegrain at prime focus (f/10). Each image is the integration of
> 300 to 500 video frames captured, selected, aligned and averaged with
> K3CCDTools. The mosaic was constructed in Photoshop 6. Finally, we applied
> 12 iterations of the Van Cittert deconvolution algorithm with a gaussian
> function of radius 2.0 taken as the PSF (own software). The above image
has
> been reduced to 3500 pixels wide and weights 1.2 MB.
>
> Here is the image prior deconvolution:
>
> http://www.pleiades-astrophoto.com/gallery/webcam/20030310/mosaic.3500.jpg
Amazing! I fought the moon for 20 years using then expensive Nikon F and F2
equipment and a mile of Panatomic-X and Tech Pan. You have blown away all
my efforts with a cheap web cam! Congratulations and well done.
Since I started doing lunar work again last year with an Olympus digital
camera, I have been saying film is indeed dead.... for the moon and planets.
Still need that E200 for deep sky work.
Robert Reeves reeves10@swbell.net
520 Rittiman Rd. www.robertreeves.com
San Antonio, Texas 78209 210-828-9036
USA 29.484 98.440 200 meters
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