The South Pole of the Moon is Turquoise

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Believe it or not the moon isn't grey, but the colours are really subtle and it takes a lot of effort and multiple attempts to get them out. I have finally cracked a method, This is a stack of images from the 30 July, very carefully colour balanced and stretched, with a sharpened luminance layer on top for the detail.

Very pleased with this one! Right click and view image.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

(yes, really!)

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Neil,

You may find Kevin Kilburn's article **LINK** of interest.

MichaelG.

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

The grass looks very green, must be the rainy season!

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Current scientific thinking is that the cheese has gone mouldy.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 29/10/2015 21:49:00:

Neil,

You may find Kevin Kilburn's article **LINK** of interest.

MichaelG.

I very briefly (as it then had a 0.925" barrel instead of a 1.25" one) tried out the low-power (40mm) eyepiece home made from two binocular objectives in the 6" reflector. To my amazement the contrast with the full moon was remarkable. t was very cold I was a bit damp and putting things away so I only observed for less than 30 seconds but I imagined I saw colour as well – and that I had imagined it.

That article suggest I may well not have imagined the colour, so perhaps that little eyepiece of my will turn out to be a bit of a gem. I will try it on the moon again, but my real plan is to use it for large faint objects.

[hthParticipant @hth]

Something is very wrong ..the moon seems to be upside down .

[Bodgit Fixit and RunParticipant @bodgitfixitandrun]

Where are the luna landers. Is this proof they never really went?

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