March Moon

[midnight (Darrin)]

Greetings All,

Really struggling to get time to do any imaging and climb the learning ladder but I had some short time on Sat night so here it is.

My last post was around last full moon so I'm buggering up these relentless clear nights we're getting over here due to work.

My wife just came back from her family in SE QLD and the report was it rained just about everyday. Reading these forums I feel guilty not taking full advantage of our WA weather at the moment. Hopefully this will change after April.

Anyway, full moon with a Canon 40D prime focus into a Meade LXD55 8"SN. 19 shots stacked (out of 40) in Registax with 10 alignment points. 1/1000th at ISO 100. OTA is a F4 so difficult in focusing but Liveview - marvelous little feature to have.

Very quickly processed once Regi stacked them with some saturation adjustment and cropping. Being unseasoned in this, I am very cautious with any processing at the moment.

Thanks for looking

Darrin...

[iceman (Mike)]

That's a really nice image Darrin, you should be pleased with that!

[von Tom (Tom)]

Very, very nice. Love the colours.

Tom

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Brilliant shot Darren, definitely would be pleased with that and not too much colour either.

[midnight (Darrin)]

Certainly the moon was very popular in recent days!

Originally Posted by mswhin63

Brilliant shot Darren, definitely would be pleased with that and not too much colour either.

G'Day Malcolm. Thanks for that. Colour is something I will slowly work on.

Originally Posted by von Tom

Very, very nice. Love the colours.

Tom

Tom, really glad you like it. It can all go wrong quickly if the colour is too harsh.

Originally Posted by iceman

That's a really nice image Darrin, you should be pleased with that!

Mike, I am certainly happy with it given the limitations of this relatively old scope. I'll keep training up on this as there is a lot to still extract out of my setup for now with the current "budget". Thanks very much again.