We received this great lunar picture from W.L.Chin, based in Solar Observatory of University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. By clicking the preview version below, you can open the original image of 2920 x 2292. Chin took this picture with his DMK 41AU02.AS astronomy camera.

Mosaic Image of the Moon

Here is what he wrote in the email:

The picture taken at Solar Observatory of University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Time was around 8 – 9pm at night.

The telescope is Takahashi TOA150.

1.6x Takahashi barlow lens added to further enlarge the image.

Image recorded in avi with exposure around 1/320 and gain set to lowest value.

Each avi duration 30s.

Avi processed in Registax 5V.

There got 6 avi processed with each avi has 300 frames stacked.

6 processed image were then loaded in Adobe PhotoShop for mosaic and further enhancement such as curve & unsharp masking.

Thank you Chin for this marvelous lunar image! Look forward to more astronomy pictures from you!