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18 Days 11 Hours 42 Minutes Old Moon

The above image is mosaic of two images (top and bottom) resized to one fourth of the Nikon Coolpix 990 camera resolution and cropped to 480 x 540 pixels. Seeing was poor.

Moon Information
Age of Moon: 18 days, 11 hours, 42 minutes
Moon phase: 85% (0% = New, 100% = Full)

Nikon Coolpix 990 Photo Information

DSCN3536.JPG is the top part of the Moon.
CAMERA : E990V1.1
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : M
SHUTTER : 1/250sec
APERTURE : F2.5
EXP +/- : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f8.2mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : AUTO
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : SUNNY
SHARPNESS : HIGH
DATE : 2003.11.12 22:40
QUALITY : FULL FINE

DSCN3527.JPG is the bottom part of the Moon.
CAMERA : E990V1.1
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : M
SHUTTER : 1/250sec
APERTURE : F2.5
EXP +/- : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f8.2mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : AUTO
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : SUNNY
SHARPNESS : HIGH
DATE : 2003.11.12 22:39
QUALITY : FULL FINE

Imaging Equipment

• Telescope: Orion Argonaut™ 150mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope, f/12 focal ratio, 1800mm focal length
• Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 Digital Camera afocal coupled to the eyepice
• Eyepiece: ScopeTronix, Inc. STWA18 Wide Angle 18mm Eyepiece/Adapter
• Telescope Mount: Orion EQ-3 mount with EQ-3M dual-axis DC motor drive on Celestron vibration suppression pads

Imaging Processing

• Cor Berrevoets Registax Version 2.1.14.0 beta, wavelet process
• JASC Inc. Paint Shop Pro Version 8.1, mosaic, resize, unsharp mask, curves, crop and convert to JPG

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