Astrophotography Gallery

This image was taken on August 14, 2010 at the Rockland Astronomy Summer Star Party, held at Shady Pines Campground in Savoy, Massachusetts. This photo was shot with a Canon XSi 12.2 Megapixel DSLR and a Meade 203SC Schmidt Cassegrain 8 inch telescope mounted on a Meade LXD75 computerized mount. Exposure was 1/30 of a second at f/10, ISO 200, daylight white balance, (true color) The photo is rotated horizontally to take advantage of widescreen monitors. It also renders a feeling of what it would look like flying over the surface along it’s equator from west to east. Prominent features from left to right are, crater Hercules ( with floor half shaded and a highlight of small crater within ), crater Atlas above it, deep crater Romer ( with bright highlight on west wall of crater), Mare Crisium, Mare Tranquillitatis ( Apollo 11 landing site), Mare Fecunditatis, Mare Nectaris ( with ridge line casting a shadow ) and crater Piccolomini ( with peak in floor of crater )