I took this the weekend before last, the seeing was a bit swimmy but the transparency was good. This pic is around 300 frames of a 1000 avi. 8" Europa at newtonian focus (apparently prime focus is the wrong term).
(http://212.104.156.50/astropics/clavius.jpg)
The are some interesting shadows across the floor of some of the adjoining craters clearly showing the relief of the crater rim.
It's not quite as good as Rays Clavius :smile:
Fantastic pic. I remember a few years ago I tried to see exactly how much detail I could see with the Questar by drawing all the tiny little craters on the floor of Clavius. I'll dig it out when I've got a moment.
Lovely image Ian. It was interesting to compare above with Ray's image with its slightly different illumination. Would they be about a day apart in the lunar cycle or less than that?
difficult to tell, mine is definitely a younger moon, the illumination is much closer to the horizon. It also appears to demonstrate a change in the libration too.
Lovely pic Ian. Nice and sharp with tons of detail. Excellent.
Superb image