WebCam Images of the Moon

WebCam Images of the Moon
Moon Mosaic of images captured with a Toucam Pro webcam at f10 on an 8" SCT. Mosaic created with iMerge. Click on the image for the full size uncompressed image but warning - it's 2.2Mb so recommended for broadband users only.
Alpine Valley Single frame selected from a 30 second video captured with a Toucam Pro webcam at f10 on an 8" SCT. Click on the image for the full size uncompressed image (124Kb).
Clavius Single frame selected from a 30 second video captured with a Toucam Pro webcam at f10 on an 8" SCT. Click on the image for the full size uncompressed image (193Kb).
Western rim of Mare Crisum Moon 1 Mar 2002, Toucam Pro on 8"SCT f6.3 prime focus, Video captured with Iris at 5fps 1/250s exposure and 10% gain at 640x480 resolution and in black & white mode. Single frame from 15 second video selected, unsharp mask in Iris and brightness & contrast stretch in PaintshopPro.
Moon 1 Mar 2002, Toucam Pro on 8"SCT f6.3 prime focus, Video captured with Iris at 5fps 1/250s exposure and 10% gain at 640x480 resolution and in black & white mode. Single frame from 15 second video selected, unsharp mask in Iris and brightness & contrast stretch in PaintshopPro. Shows the south-western rim of Mare Crisum and the norther part of Mare fecunditatis including crater Messier with its narrow 'searchlight' ejecta.
Moon 1 Mar 2002, Toucam Pro on 8"SCT f10 prime focus, Video captured with Iris at 5fps 1/100s exposure and 10% gain at 640x480 resolution and in black & white mode. Single frame from 15 second video selected, unsharp mask in Iris and brightness & contrast stretch in PaintshopPro.
7 day old moon on 21 March 2002 Webcam at prime focus of 8"SCT f10 with #58 Orion green filter, 640x480 resolution, 5fps black & white, 1/33sec exposures zero gain, white balance off. Mosaic created in PSP4.
23 February 2002 Toucam Pro on 8"SCT f6.3 afocal projection with webcam lens and 30mm eyepiece, Video captured with QCfocus at 5fps 1/1000s exposure and 15% gain, single frame from 30 second video selected, 5% brightness and contrast stretch in PaintshopPro
23 February 2002 Toucam Pro on 8"SCT f6.3 prime focus, Video captured with QCfocus at 5fps 1/500s exposure and 20% gain, single frame from 30 second video selected, 5% brightness and contrast stretch in PaintshopPro. Shows Mare Humorum with Gassendi (top left) and Vitello (bottom right).
Moon 23 Feb 2002, Toucam Pro on 8"SCT f6.3 prime focus, Video captured with QCfocus at 5fps 1/500s exposure and 15% gain, single frame from 30 second video selected, 5% brightness and contrast stretch in PaintshopPro. Shows elongated crater Schiller (left) and Clavius (just right of center).
Schröter's Valley Philips Toucam Pro webcam and 2x barlow on an 8" SCT. Frame alignment, selection, stacking and wavelet processing in Registax. Post processing in PSP7.
Crater's Schickard, Nasmyth & Phocylides Philips Toucam Pro webcam on an 8" SCT. Frame alignment, selection, stacking and wavelet processing in Registax. Post processing in PSP7.
Rimae Plinius The region between Mares Serenitatus & Tranquillitatus including Craters Plinius & Dawes (centre). Includes landing sites of Ranger 6 and Apollo 17 (mouseover image to reveal landing sites). Stack of 25 1/500s exposures. Captured with K3CCDTools. Stacked & pre-processed with Registax, final processing with PaintShopPro.
Craters Theophilus & Madler Stack of 25 1/500s exposures. Captured with K3CCDTools. Stacked & pre-processed with Registax, final processing with PaintShopPro.