Lots of things to do on the Moon

1) build a base;

2) search for water ice;

3) look for helium-3;

etc... :)

 

11,073,511 pixels of the Moon, look closer ;)

 

Aquisition time (start of the session) : 27.12.2014, 20:17:54 UT+3).

Image orientation: close to straight;

Equipment:

QHY5L-IIm via Vixen Deluxe 2x Barlow lens on Celestron OMNI XLT 150 mm Newtonian riding Skywatcher NEQ-6 Pro SynScan mount.

Aperture 150 mm

Focal length 1500 mm

Tv = 9 ms

Av = f/10

ISO N/A

Gain 0

Software: SharpCap :(

Exposures: 12 panels, 30% of ~400 frames were used for each panel.

Processing: moviws were processed in Autostakkert!2. Stacking results were subjected to Richardson-Lucy deconvolution in AstraImage 3.0 (Cauchy type PSF, size 1,5 units, 8 iterations) and stitched with Microsoft ICE. Black and midtones were adjusted in Photoshop.

 

Done