Thank you Michael.... that lunar photo was reduced too. If you are interested in real full resolution image of the Moon please check the following web address
http://81.72.14.47/astro/
then check the folder Moon
One is 5200 pixels (the same of Panoramio) + another one that i shot in the pure infrared (3700 pixels).
Alberto, I had a look at the other two images. It creates a tremendous sense of awe to look at the moon at such resolution. I'm very impressed!
Two questions: What's the resolution of surface structures (in miles or feet or meters) of your 5200 px image? And: Do you do this just as a hobby, or are there professional connections?
Michael, sometimes i don't understand what is work or hobby!
I'm partially joking, anyway the astrophotography is an hobby while the 3d computergraphics in 1988 began as an hobby and eventually became a second work.
I re-discovered astronomy again after 20 years. With the improvements of technology now it's possible to reach good result in many fields. Anyway since the moon is approx. 3470 km diameter if the moon itself would be 3470 pixels then we could suppose 1 pixel x Km. (close to the central region because of the sphericity of the moon). Since this moon itself measure 5000 pixels the teoretical resolution is approx 700 meters x pixel. In the central region (mare nectaris) there are 4 craters that i use like a meter. They are 3Km diameter and they are clearly visible. That image was composed by 140 images each of them "condensed" (stacked or summed) starting from a short video (200 frames x video) in order to improve the signal/noise ratio. (the technology!)
Hi Wilber, i put a full resolution image of the Moon at the following address:
Moon-HiRes
If you are interested in astro-photo check this link:
MyAstroPhoto
Thanks for your kind comments.
I visited your page and i noticed that your shots are very very good but they are also very teaching about your country, your people, etc.
Hi Alberto. Are you the same Alberto Mayer responsible for the UFO/moon video presently showing on Google? If you are, is it real or something you manufactured? I ask because I see that you have a background in computer graphics, so that would naturally be one of the first questions someone would ask.
Unfortunately some background in computergraphics sounds bad in this case but i'm pretty honest so i didn't touch that movie at all. I simply aligned and recreate the layout of the object path.
I would say that i'm not an ufologist at all, and after many discussion and calculations i think (helped by a professional astronomer and helped by professional meteorologists) that the "ufo" was simply a little balloon floating approx 6000 meters high.
At the beginning i kept my movie only for myself because i decided that it was not scientifically relevant even if very rare to capture.
One day a friend of mine asked it to me and since that day the movie became public domain even on "extraterrestrial" websites. That was not my original desire or intention.
Sometimes you can't figure out the evolution of a situation. Thank you for commenting.
Hi Alberto, and thanks for answering. You do beautiful photography. That's an extraordinary picture of the moon!
Are you an astronomer? I don't know if you know, but you are referred to in many places where this video is discussed as an astronomer.
Is it also true that you said the object itself never moved? I think I read that in a discussion about this, so who better to ask than the man who is said to have said that?
Thank you Duncan,
i noticed that the news corrupts very easily passing from mouth to mouth...
A methamorphosis occur...
I am an "amateur" astronomer... probably the word "amateur" was missing.
Someone published "MY" words that i "NEVER" said about UFOs. That's life... Lot of people does Bla, bla, bla bla....
About the object motion: the object do moves (floating in the air) but its true motion relative to the observer is different by the motion relative to the moon because the Moon has its appearent motion too and my telescope was tracking the moom motion.
Resuming: it is needed to subtract the lunar motion in order to get the real path of the object.... we did it and we noticed that the spectacular inversion of direction doesn't exist: the object moves always in the same direction.
About Moon images: thank you if you like this one but did you see the original size of the infrared moon?
The detail is much higher.
Thx Victor,
i used a telescope Celestron C8 that is equivalent to a teleobjectivo 2000 mm f10. I took many small images (more than 120) at 640 x 480 then i composited them into a big mosaic. The original image is more than 5000 pixels wide. You may find the original here
Saludos to you too
Alberto
Thank you Silvia... i'm working about other moon imaging but it's har due to the seeing conditions.
I hope to put some other lunar work.
Send my love to Catalunia!
I love it ... for many many years i went to Bagur, Aiguablava...
I put a panorama from my hotel terrace (Parador de Aiguablava) and a photo of a jump from a rock.
Comments
Michael Braxenthaler, on June 23, 2007, said:
Wow, Alberto, I looked at it at full size: Breathtaking detail. Fantastic! - yellow star.
Alberto Mayer, on June 23, 2007, said:
Thank you Michael.... that lunar photo was reduced too. If you are interested in real full resolution image of the Moon please check the following web address http://81.72.14.47/astro/ then check the folder Moon One is 5200 pixels (the same of Panoramio) + another one that i shot in the pure infrared (3700 pixels).
Michael Braxenthaler, on June 24, 2007, said:
Alberto, I had a look at the other two images. It creates a tremendous sense of awe to look at the moon at such resolution. I'm very impressed!
Two questions: What's the resolution of surface structures (in miles or feet or meters) of your 5200 px image? And: Do you do this just as a hobby, or are there professional connections?
Alberto Mayer, on June 24, 2007, said:
Michael, sometimes i don't understand what is work or hobby! I'm partially joking, anyway the astrophotography is an hobby while the 3d computergraphics in 1988 began as an hobby and eventually became a second work. I re-discovered astronomy again after 20 years. With the improvements of technology now it's possible to reach good result in many fields. Anyway since the moon is approx. 3470 km diameter if the moon itself would be 3470 pixels then we could suppose 1 pixel x Km. (close to the central region because of the sphericity of the moon). Since this moon itself measure 5000 pixels the teoretical resolution is approx 700 meters x pixel. In the central region (mare nectaris) there are 4 craters that i use like a meter. They are 3Km diameter and they are clearly visible. That image was composed by 140 images each of them "condensed" (stacked or summed) starting from a short video (200 frames x video) in order to improve the signal/noise ratio. (the technology!)
Wilber Calderón - El Salvador, on August 10, 2007, said:
Bravo for this shot.
Alberto Mayer, on August 10, 2007, said:
Hi Wilber, i put a full resolution image of the Moon at the following address: Moon-HiRes If you are interested in astro-photo check this link: MyAstroPhoto Thanks for your kind comments. I visited your page and i noticed that your shots are very very good but they are also very teaching about your country, your people, etc.
dmduncan, on September 26, 2007, said:
Hi Alberto. Are you the same Alberto Mayer responsible for the UFO/moon video presently showing on Google? If you are, is it real or something you manufactured? I ask because I see that you have a background in computer graphics, so that would naturally be one of the first questions someone would ask.
Thanks.
David.
Alberto Mayer, on September 27, 2007, said:
Hi David, yes i'm the same one.
Unfortunately some background in computergraphics sounds bad in this case but i'm pretty honest so i didn't touch that movie at all. I simply aligned and recreate the layout of the object path.
I would say that i'm not an ufologist at all, and after many discussion and calculations i think (helped by a professional astronomer and helped by professional meteorologists) that the "ufo" was simply a little balloon floating approx 6000 meters high.
At the beginning i kept my movie only for myself because i decided that it was not scientifically relevant even if very rare to capture.
One day a friend of mine asked it to me and since that day the movie became public domain even on "extraterrestrial" websites. That was not my original desire or intention.
Sometimes you can't figure out the evolution of a situation. Thank you for commenting.
Greetings
Alberto
PS:if you like the moon please check this image
dmduncan, on September 30, 2007, said:
Hi Alberto, and thanks for answering. You do beautiful photography. That's an extraordinary picture of the moon!
Are you an astronomer? I don't know if you know, but you are referred to in many places where this video is discussed as an astronomer.
Is it also true that you said the object itself never moved? I think I read that in a discussion about this, so who better to ask than the man who is said to have said that?
David.
Alberto Mayer, on October 1, 2007, said:
Thank you Duncan, i noticed that the news corrupts very easily passing from mouth to mouth... A methamorphosis occur... I am an "amateur" astronomer... probably the word "amateur" was missing. Someone published "MY" words that i "NEVER" said about UFOs. That's life... Lot of people does Bla, bla, bla bla....
About the object motion: the object do moves (floating in the air) but its true motion relative to the observer is different by the motion relative to the moon because the Moon has its appearent motion too and my telescope was tracking the moom motion. Resuming: it is needed to subtract the lunar motion in order to get the real path of the object.... we did it and we noticed that the spectacular inversion of direction doesn't exist: the object moves always in the same direction. About Moon images: thank you if you like this one but did you see the original size of the infrared moon? The detail is much higher.
Greetings Alberto
dmduncan, on October 1, 2007, said:
Thanks for explaining, Alberto.
And yes, I was referring to the infrared moon picture. It is spectacular!
David.
Víctor Schz de Lara, on November 1, 2007, said:
Hermosa foto lunar. ¿que usaste un telescopio o un teleobjetivo?-
saludos
Alberto Mayer, on December 2, 2007, said:
Thx Victor, i used a telescope Celestron C8 that is equivalent to a teleobjectivo 2000 mm f10. I took many small images (more than 120) at 640 x 480 then i composited them into a big mosaic. The original image is more than 5000 pixels wide. You may find the original here Saludos to you too Alberto
SílviaPrats, on January 19, 2008, said:
spectacular, i love this moon! :P congratulations
greetings from Catalonia
Sílvia
Alberto Mayer, on January 26, 2008, said:
Thank you Silvia... i'm working about other moon imaging but it's har due to the seeing conditions. I hope to put some other lunar work.
Send my love to Catalunia! I love it ... for many many years i went to Bagur, Aiguablava... I put a panorama from my hotel terrace (Parador de Aiguablava) and a photo of a jump from a rock.
I promised myself to return...
Greetings from Italy! Alberto
Rafal Ociepka, on March 13, said:
Impressive!! Alberto, you're great! Yellow Star from me, and I've got a beautiful desktop wallpaper now ;-)
What a pity, that link: http://81.72.14.47/astro doesn't work.
Ciao