23 Days 1 Hours 13 Minutes Old Moon
Above image with labels.
Moon Information
- Age of Moon: 23 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes
 - Moon phase: 40% (0% = New, 100% = Full)
 - A rare glimpse of Mare Orientale as a result of favorable libration (L:-6.579, B:-4.634) 
 
Photo Information
- CAMERA: Philips PCVC740K ToUcam PRO web camera
 - DATE: 2003.12.17 6:51 PST
 - SHUTTER: 1/100sec
 - GAIN: 20/53
 - FPS: 10
 - MOSAIC: 11 images
 - IMAGES: 300 taken, 165 stacked
 - WHITEBAL: Outdoor
 - AVI File: 031216moon100g20r0b0n16.avi
 - FILTER: Sirius Optics Near Infrared blocking filter
 
Imaging Equipment
 
- Telescope: Orion Argonaut 150mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope, 
f/12 focal ratio, 1800mm focal length
 - Telescope Mount: Orion EQ-3 mount with EQ-3M dual-axis DC motor drive on 
Celestron vibration suppression pads
 
Imaging Processing
- Cor Berrevoets Registax Version 2.1.14.0 beta, align, select, stack and process multiple images
 - Adobe Potoshop Version CS, unsharp mask, curves, color balance 
 - JASC Inc. Paint Shop Pro Version 8.10, add text, crop, convert to JPG
 

Use Test patterns to calibrate monitor brightness, contrast, height and width

© 1998-2003 David Haworth