Ol' Luna - Full Moon, Tuesday 7 march, 2023

[Crater101 (Warren)]

Apologies, been a while putting this up. Mount issues...


The full moon, as seen from my place on the 7th of March. Single shot.


Modded Canon 60D; Skywatcher EQ3-2 mount; Skywatcher 120/600 refractor; Baader moon filter. 1/80s exposure, processed in Photoshop.


The 120/600 suffers a bit of chromatic aberration when viewing subjects like the full moon, tidied up in Photoshop.


Comments, critiques, thoughts invited. Still figuring out the imaging side of things.

[Tulloch (Andrew)]

Nice image, but I'd dump the filter and just use a faster shutter speed and/or lower ISO. Capture 20-30 full sized frames in quick succession and stack the images in AutoStakkert, then you'll be able to apply some sharpening and contrast enhancement in Registax/Photoshop/Gimp etc.

Andrew

[Crater101 (Warren)]

Originally Posted by Tulloch

Nice image, but I'd dump the filter and just use a faster shutter speed and/or lower ISO. Capture 20-30 full sized frames in quick succession and stack the images in AutoStakkert, then you'll be able to apply some sharpening and contrast enhancement in Registax/Photoshop/Gimp etc.

Andrew

That's the sort of feedback I'm after. Much appreciated!

[Tulloch (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Crater101

That's the sort of feedback I'm after. Much appreciated!

No worries - I'd also use the Mak if you are worried about CA.

[Dave882 (David)]

Nice work Warren. Yep, what Andrew said. Aim for the fastest shutter speed you can and keep a close eye on the histogram cause it’s really easy to overexpose the brighter parts. Can you record AVIs with a fast frame rate with that camera?

[Crater101 (Warren)]

Originally Posted by Tulloch

No worries - I'd also use the Mak if you are worried about CA.

That's the plan for the next time...

[Crater101 (Warren)]

Dave - thanks indeed! I'll get there. I don't know about AVI's on that camera, I'll have to check.

Cheers!

[Tulloch (Andrew)]

The stills will give you a better result than a movie - more pixels, higher resolution, less compression.

Here's what I was able to get stacking and processing 16/20 full size jpgs, C9.25" SCT, f/6.3 reducer, Canon 700D. https://www.cloudynights.com/uploads...45_1013030.png

Andrew

[Crater101 (Warren)]

Thanks folks, the feedback and suggestions are really appreciated!