IR version of moon's south polar region, for comparison, during Jan 2 '09 Exercise.

[Shore Lab]

South Polar Region in near IR, for January 2, 2009 Exercise.
File name of posted image : CKitting_200901020253.tif
Name of observer : Christopher Kitting
Email address of observer : chris....@csueastbay.edu
Aperture of telescope : 130mm
Focal length of telescope : 1000mm at prime focus.
(Tak triplet 0rtho Apo refractor) 1000mm here.
Type of camera used : Meade DSI iii Pro
Camera detector dimensions 10.2mm x 8.3mm (1.3 arcsec per pixel)
Exposure information : 0.5 fps, 0.08 second (~1/13 s) at high gain.
f/7.7
Hoya InfraRed pass RM90 filter .
(<5% transmission at <800nm. >80% transmission >1000nm.)
Image capture software: “Nebulosity” 1.8 on Mac.
No stacking, but minor sharpening applied here. (IR result here is
not great.)
50% crop in each dimension.
Time and date of exposure : 02:53 (+28 sec) UT, on January 2, 2009
(UT),
(1 hour before Mauna Kea etc. was to begin imaging this.)
Observatory location: Hayward Hills, CA
37° 38' 48.4" N Latitude 
 122° 02' 09.4" W Longitude
Elevation: 180 m above sea level. Adequate atmospheric stability.
South polar region, with isolated sunlit peaks.

Black and white 1.4 MP CCD camera, rather than my usual DSLR.