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ahmed_haider
09-11-2022, 12:14 AM
Got lucky with the clouds.
I still have a lot to learn about lunar photography.


Taken with a QHY163C on Celestron C9.25 with the celestron .63 reducer
100 shots stacked at 50%

Shots taken at gain 200, 1 Sec exposure
Stacked in AutoStakkert, played around with wavelets in Registax (which I think I overdid)

Edited just a little in Gimp



Criticism welcome :)


Cheers
Ahmed

ahmed_haider
09-11-2022, 12:32 AM
Here's another stack, this one at gain 350 and 200 shots stacked.
Same process as before, stacked in Auto stakkert, wavelets in Registax. But no editing in Gimp this time.

oska
09-11-2022, 07:42 AM
Very nice.

Dave882
09-11-2022, 08:59 AM
Great shot!

alpal
09-11-2022, 10:25 AM
Nice work Ahmed,
I tried stacking 4 frames of the Moon this morning without success.
The Moon had moved a little between frames.

I tried:
Photoshop CS5.1,
Deep Sky Stacker &
Registax.

None of them would align the images.
Would AutoStakkert do a better job?


cheers
Allan

Dennis
09-11-2022, 01:17 PM
Nothing to critique here, lovely work, well done.:thumbsup::)

Cheers

Dennis

ahmed_haider
09-11-2022, 01:50 PM
Thank you John!


Thanks David!


Thanks Allan.

For aligning the frames you need something like PIPP
https://sites.google.com/site/astropipp/downloads
This will align your frames better than AutoStakkert.
After aligning with PIPP you can then stack in AutoStakkert (or whichever stacking software you use) then play around with Photoshop etc.

Hope that helps :)


Thanks Dennis!

Averton
09-11-2022, 03:38 PM
Nice work Ahmed!

ahmed_haider
11-11-2022, 03:33 PM
Thanks mate!

astronobob
12-11-2022, 12:39 PM
Nice Bold image there Ahmed :thumbsup:

ahmed_haider
16-11-2022, 05:18 PM
Thanks. I felt like I had to go bold with the small size image. I used the same image on social media because it looks good on the phone :P
Better quality image on astrobin here:
https://astrob.in/sq7zyq/0/

AstroViking
16-11-2022, 07:36 PM
Impressive in every way...
Well done.