Shop
This high-resolution view of the crater Clavius was taken on the 30th December, 2007 from the Central Coast of NSW.
It was photographed using my 12" Newtonian Telescope and a DMK21AU04 webcam.
The image is a mosaic of 4 frames, assembled and processed in Photoshop.
Read about the capture and processing, and see more crater images taken that night, here:
From the Vault: High-Resolution Clavius Mosaic
My name is Mike Salway and I’m an amateur astronomer and photographer.
I’m the co-founder of the Amateur Astronomy community site, IceInSpace, and my personal blog site and image gallery is at mikesalway.com.au
I love high resolution planetary imaging and deep-space imaging using a telescope, and I love capturing wide field vistas that involve a lovely foreground scene combined with astronomical interest in the sky.
View Full Profile
Comments
My God, Man…. this is just plain FANTASTIC! I have a new hero and his name is Mike Salway… : )
superb image Mike , fancy seeing your excellent images on here
no way! awesome stuff
Great work, so close!! Extremely fabulous work!! Very well done.
Brendan
Thank you so much for your kind words.
Awesome detail – congrats Mike
gr8 image…did it take long to get to the moon…:)
Great work. Well done.
One word, WOW. I would love to be abble to do something like this and your many other great captures.
Oustanding piece of work !