Thread: Moon in H alpha
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Old 11-11-2024, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave882 View Post
That’s turned out really well mate. Imaging in Ha will (if you can get enough signal due to the narrow band pass) give a nice stable view. Similar to using a red or IR PASS filter. The good thing about the moon is you aren’t limited as to how long your capture can go for so 4fps while a little frustrating can still ge the job done. Good stuff!
Nice crisp lunar image. Curiously many have captured the moon through H-alpha over the years as, due the moon's brightness, they are a good ND-like filter.

As mentioned above IR-Pass filters give slightly better results. All good fun
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