Selected moon astrophotography. Images taken through 2015 were done with an 8" LX200-ACF. Images beginning in 2016 were taken with a 12" LX600. Click a thumbnail to see a larger version.
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Mare Nectaris
23 September 2009
D70 DSLR
1.6 seconds, ISO 640
Prime Focus + 2X Barlow Lens |
Montes Apenninus
16 March 2016
iPhone 6s Plus
Afocal 305X |
Crater Langrenus
13 August 2010
D70 DSLR
1.7 seconds, ISO 1000
Prime Focus + 2X BL + 3X TX |
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Crater Endymion
14 August 2010
D70 DSLR
2.2 seconds, ISO 1000
Prime Focus + 2X BL + 3X TX |
Crater Piccolomini
14 August 2010
D70 DSLR
2.8 seconds, ISO 1000
Prime Focus + 2X BL + 3X TX |
Crater Tycho
28 August 2010
D70 DSLR
2.8 seconds, ISO 200
Prime Focus + 3X TX |
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Sinus Iridum
3 September 2010
D70 DSLR
2.3 seconds, ISO 800
Prime Focus + 2X BL + 3X TX |
Crater Walther
13 August 2013
iPhone 4
Afocal 231X |
Crater Bürg
11 November 2010
D7000 DSLR
3.4 seconds, ISO 800
Prime Focus + 2X BL + 3X TX |
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Straight Wall
16 March 2016
iPhone 6s Plus
Afocal 305X |
Crater Walls on Limb
6 May 2011
iPhone 4
Afocal 666X |
Along the Terminator
1 November 2011
iPhone 4
Afocal 231X |
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Montes Caucasus shadows
2 November 2011
iPhone 4
Afocal 231X |
Lunar X
17 April 2013
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 800
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
Crater Petavius
28 December 2011
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 400
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
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Crater Petavius
24 May 2012
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 200
Prime Focus + 2X Barlow Lens |
Crater Posidonius
30 December 2011
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 800
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
Crater Maurolycus
31 December 2011
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 1000
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
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Crater Plato
7 May 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 666X |
Crater Gassendi
22 January 2013
iPhone 4
Afocal 222X |
Lunar South Pole Region
7 January 2012
D7000 DSLR
1/250sec, ISO 800
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
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Crater Alphonsus
1 March 2012
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 500
Prime Focus + 3X TeleXtender |
Montes Caucasus
25 July 2012
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 500
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
North Terminator
26 July 2012
iPhone 4
Afocal 222X |
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Central Terminator
26 July 2012
iPhone 4
Afocal 222X |
Central Terminator
26 July 2012
iPhone 4
Afocal 222X |
South Terminator
26 July 2012
iPhone 4
Afocal 222X |
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Apollo 11 Landing Site
20 October 2012
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 500
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
Mare Crisium
15 January 2013
iPhone 4
Afocal 222X |
Crater Delambre
17 January 2013
iPhone 4
Afocal 222X |
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Crater Archimedes
19 January 2013
iPhone 4
Afocal 222X |
Crater Babbage
23 March 2013
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 100
Prime Focus + 3X TeleXtender |
Crater Cassini
17 April 2013
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 800
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
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Crater Philolaus
21 April 2013
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 640
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
Crater Pythagoras
22 May 2013
iPhone 4
Afocal 444X |
Mare Humboldtianum
14 June 2013
iPhone 4
Afocal 231X |
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Lunar South Pole
20 June 2013
D7000 DSLR
1/125sec, ISO 3200
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
Crater Schickard
20 June 2013
D7000 DSLR
1/125sec, ISO 3200
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
Crater Aristarchus and Vallis Schröteri
20 June 2013
D7000 DSLR
1/125sec, ISO 3200
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
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Crater Petavius
25 June 2013
D7000 DSLR
1/100sec, ISO 1600
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
Crater Stöfler
11 September 2013
D7000 DSLR
1/30sec, ISO 1600
Prime Focus + 3X TeleXtender |
Mare Humorum and Crater Gassendi
15 September 2013
D7000 DSLR
1/200sec, ISO 2000
Prime Focus + 3X TeleXtender |
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Crater Copernicus
13 October 2013
iPhone 5s
Afocal 222X |
Crater Clavius
13 October 2013
iPhone 5s
Afocal 222X |
Mare Humorum
14 October 2013
iPhone 5s
Afocal 222X |
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Crater Humboldt
19 October 2013
iPhone 5s
Afocal 222X |
Mare Crisium
20 October 2013
iPhone 5s
Afocal 222X |
Mare Crisium
21 October 2013
iPhone 5s
Afocal 364X |
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Mountain Shadows
9 November 2013
iPhone 5s
Afocal 231X |
Craters Tycho & Clavius
11 November 2013
D7000 DSLR
Hat Trick, ISO 100
Eyepiece Projection 222X |
Lunar Double-Double Star
8 January 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 444X |
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Mare Imbrium
8 March 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 222X |
Montes Apenninus
7 April 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 444X |
Crater J. Herschel
10 May 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 444X |
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Mare Humboldtianum
31 May 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 444X |
Crater Stöfler
4 June 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 444X |
Montes Alpes
5 June 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 444X |
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Crater Maginus
5 June 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 444X |
Crater Clavius
6 June 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 444X |
South Region
5 August 2014
D7000 DSLR
Prime Focus + 2X Powermate |
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Craters Hercules (left) & Atlas (right)
31 August 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 444X |
Aristoteles (left) & Eudoxus (right)
31 August 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 444X |
Craters Pallas & Murchison (top), Albategnius (bottom)
1 September 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 154X |
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Crater Albategnius
1 September 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 444X |
Crater Clavius
2 September 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 154X |
Waning Mare Crisium
9 November 2014
iPhone 5s
Afocal 222X |
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Crater Janssen Complex
24 March 2015
iPhone 5s
Afocal 250X |
Mare Smythii
27 April 2015
D7200 DSLR
Prime Focus + 2X Powermate |
Mare Smythii
19 May 2015
iPhone 5s
Afocal 222X |
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Crater Posidonius
23 May 2015
iPhone 5s
Afocal 160X |
Craters Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina
23 May 2015
iPhone 5s
Afocal 160X |
Craters Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina
24 May 2015
iPhone 5s
Afocal 222X |
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Rima Ariadaeus
24 May 2015
iPhone 5s
Afocal 222X |
Straight Wall
7 November 2016
iPhone 6s Plus
Afocal 271X |
Montes Apenninus
7 November 2016
iPhone 6s Plus
Afocal 271X |
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Crater Tycho
9 March 2017
D7200 DSLR
Eyepiece Projection 271X |
Crater Sacrobosco
2 April 2017
iPhone 6s Plus
Afocal 271X |
Lunar Ridges and Rilles
1 May 2017
iPhone 6s Plus
Afocal 271X |
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Lunar Ridges and Rilles
1 May 2017
iPhone 6s Plus
Afocal 271X |
Northern & Southern Polar Regions
2 May 2017
iPhone 6s Plus
Afocal 271X |
Crater Humboldt details
29 June 2017
D7200 DSLR
Prime Focus + 2X Powermate |
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Mons Hadley shadow
2 January 2020
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Afocal 271X |
Bear Face Crater (Doppelmayer)
22 February 2021
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Afocal 443X (stack of 2562 frames) |
Montes Apennines
27 May 2023
iPhone 13 Pro Max
Afocal 443X |
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Crater Maginus
27 May 2023
iPhone 13 Pro Max
Afocal 443X |
Rima Ariadaeus
24 June 2023
D850 DSLR
Prime Focus + 4X Powermate |
Mare Imbrium
25 June 2023
iPhone 13 Pro Max
Afocal 271X |
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Lunar X
16 February 2024
iPhone 15 Pro Max
Afocal 443X |
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