This year, Christmas coincided with a full Moon. David Harland and I withstood the cold to get as complete coverage as we could, especially with the Moon so near the zenith. The telescope seems to have more control problems than usual and as a result, a portion was missed. This was my first chance to use Registax 3 to process these images.

I also made a point to use a constant exposure for the AVIs, and to process them in colour and with consistent settings. Once the composite was complete, I matched the red, green and blue histograms and enhanced the colour. There is some patchiness here from the mismatch between frames. Nevertheless, I've been able to bring out many of the Moon's natural tones.

My son, Kevin, and I sat out in freezing conditions for over an hour getting 61 images fro this well-taken composite. Seeing was good and conditions were consistent. Moreover, there were essentially no missing bits that had to be filled in. I rate this as my best yet.

At last, I get a full Moon. David Harland and I sat out in blustery weather taking 74 AVIs to get this image. Some of the source elements were taken through substantial cloud and were only rescued by the processing abilities of Registax.

After another long wait for weather, the Moon returned. It turned out that this was taking on almost the exact opposite libration as the picture of 27 May. It is interesting to compare the two. In this image, Mare Smythii is visible on the eastern limb.

I endured another early rise to capture this 24-day-old Moon.

Weather through the summer and autumn in Scotland was very poor. For two days in September, I was able to capture the 23-day-old Moon by getting up at four in the morning, imaging furiously before the Sun rose.

For our summer holidays, we visited COAA, an observatory in the Algarve region of Portugal where I could get access to a mammoth 500-mm Newtonian. On the last full day, and with the help of COAA's proprietor Bev Ewen-Smith, I was able to attach the ToUcam to this large instrument to image a waxing, 6-day-old Moon. The images that went to produce this image are noticeably sharper than those produced by my 200-mm instrument.

The good weather continued and this 50-frame composite is the result three days later. The magnificent ray system of Tycho begins to dominate the near side of the Moon.

A spell of good weather in late May gave me this opportunity to try making a full composite of the Moon. I still hadn't worked out how best to ensure 100% coverage by the camera's narrow view. A small box did have to be painted in, repeating a crater. However, it is very hard to find.

This was my first attempt at creating a complete lunar image by compositing individual frames derived from the webcam. One of the difficulties with this is ensuring that every part of the Moon is photographed. Evidently, on this attempt, I failed.