Moon Mosaic 10-4-06

[[1ponders]]

I have to say I'm pretty chuffed with this mosaic. I think it's come together very nicely. I may play with the individual elements a bit more later but atm after a very light reg wavelet and put together with autostitch I'm happy. :D

Details:
35 images
Orion ED80
2X barlow and ToUcam.
Mostly full auto on exposure with only a tad manual adjustment when needed.
20 sec exposures at 10 fps, minimal processesing in Reg

[Striker]

Looks great Paul.

Print it out and stick it on the wall.

Nice and sharp..well done.

[[1ponders]]

Thanks Tony. Who says a full moon isn't good for anything. Well not quite full but close enough.

I've decided to have another go at it. It's a shame autostitch doesn't take bmps. This time when I convert them in PS I'll keep to highest quality and when I autostitch them I'll go 100% and no compression in the final image. That way I can control the final upload image better in PS.

[wavelandscott]

That sure is pretty!

[Dennis]

Wow - 35 avi's to process into a single image, then 35 images to stack – great job and well done!

Does the commercial version of autostitch open bmp's? I use the free version and it seems to expire every 30 days or so, and can only open jpg's.

Cheers

Dennis

[[1ponders]]

I haven't looked into it Dennis. It might be worth looking into, though it's hard to move away from the freebees.

I just delete it when it doesn't work anymore and reinstall it :shrug:

[davidpretorius]

that mr moderator is one of the best I have ever seen!

[Robert_T]

what a corker! and it's BIG! c'mon is it really a mosaic, where are the joins :D

well done mate!

[[1ponders]]

Funny you should mention joins. I think a bit of PS cheatery is in order. If you have a look from Gassendi across to Billy near the terminator you will see a join. I only spotted it a few minutes ago. I'll fix it up later :P

[iceman]

35!? You're a sucker for punishment mr ponders!

Looks nice, well done.

[[1ponders]]

Ok the seam is sorta gone and this is a higher res image as well.

warning dial-uppers, 146 k

[beren]

:thumbsup: Impressive Mr Ponders

[acropolite]

Yep Paul, very impressive, but what may I ask, has happened to the studies... :P

[[1ponders]]

They are still going strong Phil. We're studying the moon's formation, cratering etc, this fortnight :clap: Any excuse. I'm on holidays atm so I'm making hay while the sunshines (well moon shines actually). Besides when I was processing these I had the laptop humming away beside me with the course material on. And I still had a class last night. Good thing you pmed me about tonight so I can put it in my diary :lol:

Wife's feeling a bit neglected though:P

[Gargoyle_Steve]

That is magnificent ..... it is not only magnificent to look at, but it makes others aspire to the same magnificence. Truly an achievment!

[astroron]

The Messier craters and tails come up real clear:thumbsup:

[RB]

Wow Paul I must have missed this thread........:(

What a fantastic image, well done, a terrific mosaic indeed.

:2thumbs: :cheers: :clap: :2thumbs:

[ballaratdragons]

Yep Andrew, you only missed it by 1 year :lol:

But I agree, Paul has done an amazing job on the image :thumbsup:

[RB]

:lol:
Yep I realised after I replied. :ashamed:
Actually I followed the link in one of his recent posts.

I've been away for a week and thought I missed it then.

:hi: I'm new here.......

[[1ponders]]

:lol: Thanks guys.

You should see it full size using a Data projector ;)