Lunar Captures By George Tarsoudis

MOON-Lunar Swirls

Lunar swirls are strange markings on the Moon that resemble the cream in your coffee-on a much larger scale.
They seem to be curly-cues of pale moondust, twisting and turning across the lunar surface for dozens of miles.
Each swirl is utterly flat and protected by a magnetic field.
More informations:
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/26jun_lunarswirls

All images have been taken with an Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm @f/4.5 telescope mounted on an Skywatcher AZ EQ6 mount German Equatorial / Alt-Az dual mode,
with QHY5L-II(High QE!) - Monochrome cameras was used along with SupaSlim Filter Wheel.
A Televue 3x barlow was used to increase the effective focal length and consequent magnification.

The older images have been taken with an Orion Optics Newtonian 250mm @f/6.3 telescope (lamda/8 optics) mounted on an EQ6 SYNSCAN German Equatorial mount.
A Unibrain Fire-i 785b (Monochrome) camera was used along with ATIK motorized filter wheel.
A Televue 3x barlow was used to increase the effective focal length and consequent magnification.
Image acquisition with Torsten Edelmann's Firecapture software or Fire-i Software.

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November 01, 2017 Reiner Gamma
Condition with medium seeing with good transparency
Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm, camera FL3-FW-03S1M-C, filter Baader Red, barlow 3X.

Reiner Gamma

November 04, 2014 Airy Swirl
Condition with medium seeing with good transparency
Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm, camera FL3-FW-03S1M-C, filter Baader Red, barlow 3X.

Airy Swirl

February 10, 2011 Swirl near Apollo 16 landing site
Condition with medium seeing with good transparency
Telescope Orion Optics Newtonian 250mm @f/6.3 telescope, camera FL3-FW-03S1M-C, filter Red, barlow 3X.

Swirl near Apollo 16 landing site

January 17, 2011 Reiner Gamma
Condition with medium seeing with good transparency
Telescope Orion Optics Newtonian 250mm @f/6.3 telescope, camera Unibrain Fire-i 785b (Monochrome), filters Baader Red, barlow 3X.

Reiner Gamma