Can't wait to see it when the waxing is 100% complete. Make it shine!
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This is awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks to my north facing balcony, I can only photograph the moon when it's at high declinations. Fortunately it was at +27 dec the other day, and it was early enough for me to be awake to shoot it! Captured at 10pm on April 12th, 2024.
Places where I host my other images:
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TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian
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Orion Sirius EQ-G
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ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
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Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
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ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm
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Astronomik LRGB+CLS Filters- 31mm
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Astrodon 31mm Ha 5nm, Oiii 3nm, Sii 5nm
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Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope
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ZWO ASI-120MC for guiding
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Moonlite Autofocuser
Acquisition: (Camera at Unity Gain, -15°C)
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R - 20000 x 5.4ms
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G - 2000 x 4.3ms
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B - 2000 x 6.0ms
Capture Software:
- Captured using Sharpcap and N.I.N.A. for mount/filterwheel control
Stacking:
- Stacked the best 25% of frames in Autostakkert (autosharpened, 3X Drizzle)
PixInsight Processing:
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DynamicCrop
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ChannelCombination to combine monochrome images into RGB image
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ChannelMatch to align G and B color channels to red
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ColorCalibration
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HistogramTransformation (slight stretch)
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SCNR > invert > SCNR to remove green and magenta color fringing
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CurvesTransformations to adjust lightness, contrast, colors, saturation, etc.
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LocalHistogramTransformation
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dynamic crop
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Annotation