The moon – high resolution in large A0 format
The craters, mountains and plains of the moon are the only extraterrestrial landscapes that can be observed from Earth with simple means. The advent of digital technology in recent years now allows even ambitious amateur photographers to achieve a level of image quality and resolution that previously seemed unattainable.
Michael Hunnekuhl's images show the moon in full resolution from an 8" refractor with modern imaging technology, brilliant and in colour. Only the superimposition of colour-enhanced images with high-resolution black-and-white images makes this representation possible. The images were taken with the Lichtenknecker Fraunhofer refractor (black and white images with a DMK 31 CCD camera) and the C11 Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector (colour images with a Canon EOS 40D) at the Volkssternwarte Hannover. The focal length of the refractor is 3 m, the lens diameter is 200 mm.
In large A0 format, this results in a beautiful, detailed and colourful image of the moon: now everyone can hang this dream on their wall. The most important visible lunar features are labelled for identification.
