Image by MarkGregory007
I shot this image of the moon during the early morning hours before dawn on January 15, 2012. The telescope was a Celestron FirstScope, purchased for .00 at B&H Photo.
I attached a Meade 32mm lens to a Sony 7 megapixel digital camera to capture the image. Photoshop Elements 9.0 and Apple iPhoto were used to enhance contrast and details.
About the moon...
A quick reference guide to prominent lunar features
The best place to observe details on the moon is along an imaginary line separating night from day. This is called the terminator. With an unaided eye you get a hint of what the lunar surface is like. With binoculars or a small telescope you discover smooth lunar seas, rigid highlands and countless meteorite craters. Here are lunar features you can observe from your own backyard.
Craters – Ancient impact basins where meteorites struck the moon. An accumulation of thousands of impacts over billions of years.
Crater Rays – Bright splashes left on the surface of the moon after a crater has been created.
Maria – Early astronomers thought these smooth surfaces were seas or bodies of water. They are actually large plains of hardened lava from volcanic activity.
Mountains – The moon’s mountains match the majestic heights of those on earth. The largest mountain range is called the Apennines with individual peaks rising above 5000 meters.
Rilles – Faults and channels that meander over flat and mountainous lunar terrain. Rilles may have contained flowing lava during the moon’s early days.
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