Plato

clic for 200% size 1275 x 954 (240 kB)

 

About this Image

A view to the crater Plato at high sun angle and good seeing conditions with the16" cassegrain at f/10.
The smallest visible details are approx. 600m wide.

The lower image is colorised with data from the "Colorful Moon"

 


Technical Details
Optics

16" cassegrain in secondary focus at f/10

Mount MK-100 GEM
Camera DMK21BF04
Filters Astronomik IR-pass filter 740nm (Atik filter wheel)
Date Jan 10, 2006
Location Wildon/Austria
Sky Conditions some fog, good seeing (5-6) temperature -5 C
Exposure 2000 video frames at 1/50 sec
Processing Image aquisition in ICcapture, preprocessing in Registax, selection rate 25%;
curves, unsharp mask in Photoshop;
north is up;