Russian astronomy amateur Ivan Vasilev has been busy with photographing the Moon since he received his DMK 31AU03.AS astronomy camera half a year ago. The following Lunar Image is a mosaic of 19 regional lunar pictures that he took in May.

Lunar Image

The picture is originally as large as 2202×3297 pixels. We zoomed it out a little bit so that its preview fits with the layout of our blog. But you can see the original by clicking the image above.

He wrote us in the email:

This image I took on 31 May 2009. Russian Federation, Moscow. Mozaic from 19 frame.
Equipment:
Telescope SW MAK 150, prime focus
Mount:HEQ5
Camera: DMK 31AU03.AS
Filter: Astronomik IR Pro 742
Software: Avistack. 400-500 frames from 1500.
Exposure: 1/15 s, 15 frames per second.

Thank you Ivan for the wonderful picture!