Although he started using The Imaging Source astronomy camera only two months ago, Vasilev Ivan, a Russian astronomy amateur, has already taken some fabulous lunar images with his DMK 31AU03.AS.

In the e-mail, he told us:

What concerns the first picture - prime focus of SW MAK 150 / 1800 mm / HEQ5 / DMK 31AU03.AS with filter Astronomik IR Pro 742. Exposure - 1/30 sec. Time is 20:10 at the evening at 02-05-2009. I have elected 680 frames from 740 and send it in AviStack program.What concerns the second picture - prime focus SW MAK 150 / 1800 mm / HEQ5 / DMK 31AU03.AS with filter Astronomik IR Pro 742. Exposure - 1/30 sec. Mosaic from 2 frames. Time is 20:30 at the evening at 02-05-2009. I have selected 600 frames from 1000 for each and I have send it in Avistack program.I have using DMK 31AU03.AS for only two months, but result it's incredible for me. I have captured video of moon terrain with DMK mostly. Thank you for your company for a high quality budget product - DMK 31AU03.AS

Thank you Vasilev for these great images! Well done!