07/09/2011
Pembroke Pines, FL
Orion XT-8i (item # 27183)
Equatorial Platform (built from kit from TL Systems)
Orion Star Shoot Solar System Color Imaging Camera IV (item # 52175)
Image optimized and stacked with Registax 5.1 Software
15 fps image capture
Shorty 2X Barlow lens (item # 08711)
Gamma and Contrast settings adjusted to enhance surface detail. Can easily see the pock-marked craters from the ejecta. Eratosthenes Crater to the right, and part of the Apennine Mountains.