Moon and Jupiter

Jupiter is near opposition this April, here is the view from April 9th:

Astro-Physics 127mm f/8, QHY5L-II, 3x Televue Barlow.

Here is an animation of 8 individual images, each created from a 90 second video:

And here are some lunar images:

Aristarchus Plateau with bright Crater Aristarchus and the Schroeter Valley.

The bright rays of crate Proclus point to an oblique impact.

The crate pair Messier A and B with the tail of light material on the surface of the surrounding Mare.

The filled crater Wargentin at bottom left, the very oblique crater Schiller and the complex crater Hainzl are visible in this picture.

And finally the almost full moon in a DSLR capture:

FireCapture v2.4 Settings for the Jupiter image:
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FPS (avg.)=27
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