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Nice solar prominence on today’s sun! First light using the Williams Optics Redcat 51 for solar imaging.
Tech Specs: Williams Optics Redcat 51, ZWO ASI290MC, Daystar Quark Chromosphere + Daystar 2" UV/IR filter, SharpCap v3.0, best 15% of 10k frames, AutoStakkert, Registax. Image date: 30 June 2019. Location: The Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, PA, USA.
Telescopio: Celestron C8 Edge HD
Montatura:iOptron CEM60
Camera di acquisizione:QHY 178 mono cooled
Filtro: Optolong Red CCD 50,8 mm
Software:SharpCap 3.2 Pro, Emil Kraaikamp Autostakkert 3.0.14, Zoner Photo Studio X v. 19, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8, Astra Image 4 SI
Ora: 21:04
Pose: 250 FPS: 45
Lunghezza focale: 2032 mm
Seeing: 3 Trasparenza: 7
Seeing was not as good as for the 2025--01-02 image
This from 12 30 s SER files taken with a ZWO ASI224MC camera with 3x Barlow and a ZWO UV/IR cut filter through the C14 at Cerritos College. I used FIreCapture to take this data. SER files were used to create stacks of the best 15% of about 800 frames in AutoStakkert, and those stacks were processed in PixInsight. The resulting images were registered and derotated in WinJUPOS, with the result undergoing some final tweaks in GIMP.
CM I: 77.2°
CM II: 96.3°
CM III: 251.2°
Taken in foggy/hazy conditions with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor with a Canon 600D at prime focus. Images underexposed to reduce the halo that appeared around the moon due to atmospherics.Best 15 of 35 images stacked using Autostakkert 2. Gain on each frame further reduced in the stacking options to normalise at 70%
The cold, crisp evenings has made for some really good nights of lunar imaging. The temperature in the observatory hovered around 10F during both sessions. I took advantage of the last two nights to capture some wide field views using a combination of my Canon 6D and ASI290MC with an Antares Focal Reducer. Here is a view of the Apenninus Mountains, best viewed just after the first quarter moon when they are draped in some shadows. The capture area was 1936 x 1096 and then slightly clipped.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX90, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, ZWO ASI290MC camera, Antares Focal Reducer, best 5,000 frames out of 10,000 captured with Sharpcap v3.0 and processed in AutoStakkert! V3.0.14 (x64). Image Date: December 26, 2017. Location: The Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, PA.
Seestar S50, da un filmato di 1394 frames, di cui il 50% elaborati con PIPP, AutoStakkert, AstraImage, Photoshop.
Here is a view of last evening’s moon, 75% illuminated.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 Telescope, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ASI071MC-Pro, ZWO AAPlus, ZWO EAF, best 15% of 500 frames, two image composite. Processed using SharpCap, Autostakkert, Registax and Luminar Neo. Image Date: June 9, 2022. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Telescopio: Celestron C11 XLT Fastar
CMOS: ZWO ASI 174 mono Cooled
Montatura: iOptron CEM60
Software:Registax 6.1.0.8, Emil Kraaikamp Autostakkert 3.0.14, SharpCap 3.1 Pro, Zoner Photo Studio X v. 19, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8, Astra Image 4 SI
Filtro Baader Planetarium IR-Pass 685nm
Focuser: Moonlite CF 2,5" focuser with high resolution stepper DRO
FPS: 65,00000 Lunghezza focale: 2.800 mm
Seeing: 3 Trasparenza: 9
A waxing crescent moon captured after the early spring sunset.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat 51.542 N Long 3.593 W
25 single shot images 1/250s @ ISO 200 obtained with a 254mm Skywatcher Newtonian & Nikon D780 at prime focus.
Images converted to TIFF format then stacked with AutoStakkert! 3.1.4.
Wavelets processed with Registax 6.
Final levels & curves processed with G.I.M.P. & Adobe Lightroom
Best viewed in intermediate expanded mode.
EXIF Note: Error in date & time. I did not enter the correct day or time when I reconfigured some of the settings. I always keep a manual note of my observations to cross reference the digital dates. I only had the camera for a few days around this time. Have a look at my Orion Nebula dated 2022-03-06, that was the first time I tried it out on the night sky with my 254mm Newtonian.
So, this is my baseline image of Mars for 2020, now to work on increasing the capture time and collecting a lot more surface details.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90, ASI290MC, best 20% of 5k frames, Sharpcap v3.2, Autostakkert, Registax. Image date: August 30, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.
Large solar prominences viewed yesterday, Earth is shown as an approximate size comparison.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Telescope, ASI462MC camera, Daystar Quark Chromosphere, ZWO 0.5x Reducer, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro pier mounted, ZWO UV/IR Filter (2”), focus with a ZWO EAF, captured with SharpCap Pro v4 and processed using Autostakkert and Registax. Image Date: May 10, 2023. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Mare Humorum
The Mare Humorum basin is one of the best examples of subsidence that you can see on the Moon. As the basin sank under the weight of its lavas, arcuate cracks opened up on both the east side and the west side. Do examine this photo and note the wonderful variery of massive cracks that can be seen. Around the outer edges of the Mare, craters tilted inward and their "seaward" rims sank beneath the lava flows which filled the basin of Mare Humorum.
Look closely at the rilles just east of the mare. Notice how some of them plough through both mountain ridges and craters, and some are interrupted completely by small craters but continue on the other side. This gives you a clear indication of the sequence of activity.
Three generations of crater age can be easily observed on Mare Humorum. In order of age we have Mare Humorum itself, which is overlapped by the younger crater Gassendi on the north rim, which in turn is overlapped on its north rim by the even younger Gassendi A. (Both Gassendis, taken together, are sometimes referred to as the "diamond ring".) The invariably dependable rule is that the topmost of several overlapping craters is always youngest
-Text adapted from Andrew Planck's wonderful blog.
Celestron EdgeHD8
Celestron Advanced VX mount
ZWO ASI290MM Camera
Canon EOS 60Da
TeleVue NP101is/2x PM
Losmandy G11
78 frames captured with EOS Backyard
Compiled as SER file in PIPP
Best 75% stacked in Autostakkert!
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in Photoshop
Genova, Italy (06 Dec 2022 23:33 UT)
Planet: diameter 17.1", mag -1.9, altitude ≈ 68°
Telescope: Orange 1977 vintage Celestron C8 (203 F/10 SC)
Mount: EQ5 with ST4 hand controller (no GoTo)
Camera: QHY5III462C Color
Barlow: GSO APO 2.5x
Filter: QHY UV/IR block
Recording scale: 0.150 arcsec/pixel
Equivalent focal length ≈ 3990 mm F/19.7
Image resized: +50%
Recording: SharpCap 4.0
(320x240 @ 225fps - 60 sec - RAW16 - Gain 120)
Best 25% frames of about 13500
Alignment/Stacking: AutoStakkert! 3.1.4
Wavelets/Deconvolution: AstroSurface T5
Final Elaboration: GIMP 2.10.30
After a long time, we had a clear night, so I was finally able to take the telescope out to observe (and photograph) Jupiter. :)
Unfortunately, the GRS wasn't visible from Earth at the time, but I did get some detail in the clouds. ;)
4 of the biggest moons were also visible: IO, Europa, Ganymede, Calysto
I took several videos with different settings to capture the moons as well, which I merged in Photoshop.
Gear:
- Sky-watcher Skymax 102 OTA
- Celestron 2x Barlow
- ZWO ASI 120MC-S
- Sky-watcher Star Adventurer Pro
Software:
- Firecapture
- PIPP
- Autostakkert
- Registax
- Photoshop (composition)
Others have recently posted beautiful photos of the region surrounding Aristarchus Crater. Here is one of my best efforts to date on this amazing bit of lunar geography.
Aristarchus Crater is a bright feature in the northwestern region of the Moon. It is sited in the southeastern corner of a rectangular plateau rising above the basaltic plains of Oceanus Procellarum. This plateau was, billions of years ago, a hellish region of volcanic activity, featuring massive lava flows and pyroclastic eruptions. Notice the winding features in this photo, features that resemble riverbeds. Think rivers of lava, originating in volcanic vents on the plateau, and running down onto and spreading across the basaltic plains below. Notice especially the enormous Schroter's Valley that originates just above the bright Aristarchus Crater at an arcuate vent called the Cobra's Head, and then winds across the plateau. Notice also the the winding features above the partially flooded crater Prinz (the Rimae Prinz) to the right of Aristarchus, and near the Harbinger Mountains close to the right edge of the frame. A close look in the lower left will reveal the isolated lunar volcanic dome Herodotus Omega and its summit caldera, below and left of Herodotus Crater, the partner crater on the left side of Aristarchus.
There have been recurring reports from Moon observers of brightenings, color changes, and other unexpected events in this area over the years. These may signal that the area's furnaces have not died. Such activity may make the Aristarchus Plateau an attractive place for human exploration.
Image cropped and reprocessed from video data collected April 5, 2020. Best 20% of 4234 video frames used. Seeing was above average, 4/5.
Pre-processing in PIPP. Stacking with Auto Stakkert!3. Wavelets and histogram adjustments with Registax 6. Final toning and resizing with Camera RAW and Photoshop CC 2021.
Celestron Edge HD8 telescope
ZWO ASI 290MM camera
Celestron Advanced VX Mount
From Wikipedia - The Sea of Nectar (Mare Nectaris) is a small lunar mare or sea (a volcanic lava plain noticeably darker than the rest of the Moon’s surface) located near the Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillatis) and the Sea of Fecundity (Mare Fecunditatis). Several large craters are situated at the borders of Mare Nectaris. The largest one is lava-filled Fracastorius (124 km), which fuses with southern coast of the Sea. A prominent trio of 100-km craters Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina is located near northwestern coast.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm ED Triplet APO Refractor, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, ZWO ASI290MC camera, Televue Powermate 2.5x, best 50% of 5k frames under bad seeing. Captured with SharpCap v3 and processed using AutoStakkert! And Registax. Image Date: February 20, 2018. Location: The Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, PA.
Fairly low in the horizon but still, a decent image. Really like the SharpCap software I was messing with last night.
Taken with a ZWO ASI120MC, 2x barlow, Celestron C8 scope, Celestron CGEM mount.
1000 frames acquired in SharpCap, then stacked in AutoStakkert, with final processing performed in LightRoom.
The 27% illuminated waxing crescent moon from last evening. This is a three panel mosaic.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Telescope, ZWO AS2600mc-Pro running at -10C, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, ZWO EAF, ZWO ASIAir Plus, 3 x 1-minute video. Stacked in Autostakkert and stretched in Registax. Image Date: February 24, 2023. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Same data set as the previous image, but I stacked 10 frames and they were the best ones out of 41 total for this set. Alignment was on lunar features and not the stars, unlike the previous image. All images in this set were taken between 4:39-4:41 AM CST on Nov 8th, 2022. 4 second exposures, gain 11, offset 17, QHY183c at -20C, TPO 180mm Lens (40mm, f/4.5.) I was able to do more enhancements to it due to less noise in the stack vs a single 4 sec image.
Update: Made a stars-only image with 41x4 sec sub-images and composited the moon from the 10x4 moon-aligned stack back in. I like this version the best.
lunar-eclipse2022-11-08-10x4of40f-qhy183c-40f4_5-v2
ZWO ASI178MC
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)
Losmandy G11
3000 frames captured in FireCapture
Best 50% stacked in AutoStakkert!
Intial wavelet sharpening and noise reduction in RegiStax
Final sharpening and noise reduction in PhotoShop
Copernicus Crater – diameter is 96 km, named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. It typifies craters that formed during the Copernican period in that it has a prominent ray system. Need many more frames to strengthen the details.
Tech Specs: ZWO ASI290MC camera and Meade 12” LX90, best 25% of 10k frames. Software used included Sharpcap Pro v3.1 and AutoStakkert!3. Photographed on March 17, 2019 from the Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jupiter et 2 de ses principaux satellites, Europe et Ganymède à droite qui projettent leurs ombres sur la planète.
Instrument de prise de vue: Sky-watcher T250/1000 Newton F4
Caméra d'imagerie: QHY5III462
Monture: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 Pro Goto USB
Instrument de guidage: sans
Caméra de guidage: Sans
Logiciels: Stellarium - ScharpCap - AutoStakkert - Astrosurface - FastStone Images Viewer
Filtres: IR-Cut / IR-Block ZWO (M48)
Accessoire: Projection par oculaire 9 mm
Dates: 26 Oct 2022- 23h11
Images unitaires: SER (1000x20.91ms) 23% retenues - Gain 123
Intégration: --
Échantillonnage: 0,18 arcsec/pixel
Focale résultante: 3324 mm
F/D: 13,3
Seeing: 1.63 "Arc
Echelle d'obscurité de Bortle: --
Phase de la Lune (moyenne):
Telescopio: APM 140 mm f 7 APO
Lente di Barlow Zeiss Abbe 2X
Camera di ripresa: :ZWO ASI 174 mono Cooled
Montatura: iOptron CEM60
Software:Emil Kraaikamp Autostakkert 3.0.14, SharpCap 3.1 Pro, Zoner Photo Studio X v. 19, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8, Astra Image 4 SI
Filtro:Meade Red 31,8 mm
Risoluzione: 2000x1259
Pose: 200 a 33 fps
Lunghezza focale: 1960 mm
Seeing: 3 Trasparenza: 7
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK around 10:30pm GMT
Equipment:
8" Ritchie-Cretien telescope with 2x Barlow and Canon 1100D
ISO-800 1/100 second exposure
Processing:
Best 34% of 169 frames stacked using Autostakkert! 2, then processed in Adobe Lightroom, Focus Magic and Faststone Image Viewer
Shot through thick haze
Telescopio: Celestron C8 Edge HD
Montatura:iOptron CEM60
Camera: QHY 178 mono cooled
Filtro:Optolong Red CCD 50,8 mm
Software:SharpCap 3.2 Pro, Emil Kraaikamp Autostakkert 3.0.14, Zoner Photo Studio X v. 19, Stark Labs Nebulosity 4.2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8
Pose: 150 FPS: 24,00000
Lunghezza focale: 2032 mm
Seeing: 3 Trasparenza: 8
Genova, Italy (18 Oct 2022 23:54 UT)
Planet: diameter 13.6", mag -0.9, altitude ≈ 44°
Telescope: Orange 1977 vintage Celestron C8 (203 F/10 SC)
Mount: EQ5 with ST4 hand controller (no GoTo)
Camera: QHY5III462C Color
Barlow: GSO APO 2.5x
Filter: QHY UV/IR block
Recording scale: 0.150 arcsec/pixel
Equivalent focal length ≈ 3990 mm F/19.7
Image resized: +50%
Recording: SharpCap 4.0
(320x240 @ 125fps - 90 sec - RAW16 - Gain 120)
Best 25% frames of 11238
Alignment/Stacking: AutoStakkert! 3.1.4
Wavelets/Deconvolution: AstroSurface T5
Final Elaboration: GIMP 2.10.30
April 23, 2021
Mare Insularum was named so because of its resemblance to a broad sea dotted by archipelagoes of small islands. Photos of Mare Insularum usually focus on its showpiece craters, Copernicus and Kepler, with their overlapping and intersecting ray systems.
In this photo, Copernicus is just out of the frame at the bottom and Kepler relegated to the margin, near the terminator. The following discussion focuses on lesser features, including those archipelagoes of small islands for which this lunar sea is named. The photo is presented such that North is on the right, with the lunar terminator on the top edge (West).
Let’s start with a few landmarks. In the lower left corner are the Montes Riphaeus, an irregular mass of peaks that extends for a 161 km in a North - South direction. These peaks top out at about 915 meters. They are thought to be the remnant western rim of an otherwise obliterated lunar basin.
Immediately west (above) of the Montes Riphaeus is the crater Euclides, a 12 km wide, bowl-shaped formation with a circular rim. It is surrounded by a field of ejecta that is brighter than the nearby lava plains.
To the right (North) of the Montes Riphaeus is the crater Lansberg (39 km diameter), with a sharp crater rim, terraced inner walls and a distinct central peak.
In the lower right corner are the westernmost peaks of the Montes Carpatus, which are one of the great mountain ranges formed as the outer ring of the Imbrium impact basin. In this area, the Montes Carpatus rise to a height of 2.13 km. Amid these mountains sits the largest crater in this region, T. Mayer crater (33 km in diameter).
In the upper (West) center portion of this photo is Kepler crater, with a deeply shadowed interior and a brightly illuminated western rim. Kepler has a diameter of 32 km. It has a distinctive ray system, visible here, extending outward and eastward into Mare Insularum, where it mingles with the greater ray system of Copernicus crater. Kepler forms nice triangle with Lansberg and T. Mayer craters, the sides of which are largely comprised of the multitudinous islands of Mare Insularum. Near Kepler to the left (South) is the 28 km diameter Encke crater. To my eye, Encke has a walnut shape, although it is usually described as polygonal.
The Lansberg - T. Mayer – Kepler triangle is home to some noteworthy lunar domes. These domes are the lunar version of shield volcanoes. Due to the viscous nature of the lavas they spewed, they are low mounds, usually a hundred to a few hundred meters high and 10-20 km in diameter. They are visible only when illuminated by low-angle light. Sometimes they appear in clusters, sometimes as isolated features. Both can be seen in this image. Halfway along the triangle leg connecting Lansberg and T. Mayer craters a cluster of small bumps can be seen, just north of the small Hortensius crater. Look closely, and you may see the dimples marking their summit vents. These are the Hortensius Domes. Another, more difficult cluster is found in the valleys between the mountain ridges extending to the left (South) from T. Mayer crater. These domes are detectable as swellings against the ridges, but close examination may show some summit vents. These are the T. Mayer Domes. An isolated dome can be spotted in the lava plains of Mare Insularum, northwest of the Hortensius Domes and south of the T. Mayer Domes, just west of the small crater Milichius. This dome is named Milichius Pi. It has a distinct summit caldera vent. Another isolated dome lies at the 1:00 position relative to Kepler, to the crater’s northwest, about one Kepler diameter distant from the crater. This is known as Ke1. It is an effusive dome with a diameter of nearly 14 kilometers and a height of 170 meters.
Lastly, note the wonderful tangle of wrinkle ridges in the middle left of this image. These are the Dorsa Euclides F, named for the tiny crater that straddles the left (southern) branch. These wrinkles form when deep basaltic lava flows contract as they cool.
Seeing conditions were supposed to be "average” but turned out a good bit better in my neighborhood, closer to 4/5 at the time this video was obtained.
The best 25% of 3998 video frames were used in creating this image.
I omitted my usual step of pre-processing the video in PIPP software, as tracking was good. Instead, the video was stacked without pre-processing with AutoStakkert!3 software. Wavelets and histogram adjustments of the AutoStakkert!3 output image were done with Registax 6. Final toning, cropping and watermarking were done with Camera RAW and Photoshop CC 2021.
Celestron Edge HD8 telescope
ZWO ASI 290MM camera
Celestron Advanced VX Mount
Shot in monochrome with a monochrome astrophotography camera. The moon has very little color, so monochrome works very well.
I used a 3x barlow for magnification. This was too much magnification for the conditions (I'm still learning) which introduced some artifacting and loss of detail, but still, it is my best image of these features to date. I especially like the small craterlets on the floor of Endymion, the largest crater. I also am pleased with the fractures on the floor of Atlas, the next largest crater.
9.6 MP equivalent from 13 movies of 1300 images each.
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3 x 1300 images each for the images with details
Kept best 10% of frames from each movie
---Hardware---
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ-6 GT
Camera : PointGrey Grasshopper GS3-U3-23S6M
Tube : Celestron 11 EDGE HD /w 0.7 reductor
Barlow : 4x PowerMate
Effective focal length : 8000 mm
Effective aperture : ~ F/28
---Software---
Acquired with FireCapture
Stacked with AutoStakkert
Mosaic done with Microsoft ICE
Processed with Lightroom & Topaz SharpenAI
Above average seeing on this night resulted in one of my best Jupiter images yet. Two of Jupiter's satellites are included in the frame. Ganymede is to the left and Europa to the right. The Great Red Spot is setting on the western limb.
Zooming in on Ganymede reveals albedo surface features and some processing artifacts. Maybe the best processing for Jupiter is not the best for Ganymede. I may try to extract Ganymede, process and repost separately.
ZWO ASI290MM/EFW 8 x 1.25" (RGB)
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)
Tele Vue 2.5x PowerMate
Losmandy G11
One run of 45s per RGB channel captued in Firecapture
Stacked in Autostakkert
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
R/G/B frame de-rotation in WINJUPOS
Finished in Photoshop
Illustration of the conjunction between the gas giant Jupiter and our satellite, the Moon, last night. I brought the two objects closer together to fit the frame but the scales are respected.
A rather succinct treatment.
- Stacking of several hundred images for each star with Autostakkert
- Wavelets with Astrosurface
- Post-processing with Darktable
- Layers with Gimp
Imager: Nikon Z7
Lens: Tamron G2 150-600 + doubler
This is the image taken for the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
21 December 2020
At 13:32 UTC
From Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Equipment
Celestron CPC 800 telescope
Camera: ZWO ASI290MC
800 Frames
And Stacked only 40% of total frames using Autostakkert then enhanced in Registax and Photoshop
As you can see 2 moons of Jupiter are visible
Europa and Ganymede
Tonight’s crescent moon from Weatherly, PA. Three panel mosaic image.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Telescope, ZWO AS2600mc-Pro running at -10C, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro mount that is pier mounted, ZWO EAF, ZWO ASIAir Plus, best 20% of the frames from a 60 second video. Processed in Autostakkert and Registax. Image Date: April 25, 2023. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
A view of the unusual Schiller Crater on the Moon -- The first thing you notice with this crater is the elongated shape, it almost looks like a footprint left on the surface. The crater measures about 179 x 71 kilometers and was formed by at least two impacts. The crater was named for Julius Schiller (c. 1580-1627).
Tech Specs: ZWO ASI290MC camera and Meade 12” LX90, best 25% of 10k frames. Software used included Sharpcap Pro v3.1 and AutoStakkert!3. Photographed on March 17, 2019 from the Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, USA.
I support Damian Peach on Patreon where he posts planetary and cometary astrophotography tutorials including some data posts.
www.patreon.com/peachastro/posts
This is data from one of Damian's Barbados sessions on a Celestron C14 + ADC using a ZWO ASI224MC camera.
The data was 13 x OSC TIF files which I have sharpened in RegiStax6, then centred each frame in PIPP. After that, I stacked all 13 frames in AutoStakkert!3 before finally using Photoshop for toning, vibrance, texture and unsharp mask.
Image credit: Damian Peach/John Purvis
Apparent Venus Diameter: 13.9 arc-seconds
Venus phase: 78.3% illuminated
Image date: 2024-10-27
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The image software used to produce the picture was:
SharpCap (SER video capture of 1000 frames),
Autostakkert (convert the best 20% of frames to TIF format),
Gimp (basic image processing) and
Topaz (enlarge and sharpen).
Each video frame exposure was 15.625 milliseconds.
Detailed capture of the moon of the area around the Tycho and Clavius crater.
In the middle, there's the Tycho-krater. This is one of the most noticeable southern craters that is visible on every moon picture (The big, white one at the bottom) :)
I turned the image 90° CCW to make it easier to observe. ;)
I took this picture with a ZWO ASI 120MC-S connected to a Sky-watcher Skymax 102 OTA, on a Star Adventurer Pro.
Recorded in Firecapture, frames stacked in Autostakkert, and sharpened in Registax. :) (y)
Both panels of this image were from the same ZWO ASI178MC (OSC) capture.
I am trying to eliminate, or greatly reduce the gold highlights in the bottom panel of this image.
The top panel is the first raw frame of the of the video capture. The Bayer pattern is still intact, and the image is otherwise completely unprocessed. Zooming in on the upper limb, hints of the gold artifact are evident.
Every processing step seems to increase the gold color. It becomes more prevalent in the Autostakkert output TIF, and it becomes even more so after even moderate wavelet sharpening in Registax. A simple Auto Color treatment in Photoshop increases it even more.
The bottom panel is highly over-processed (debayered, stacked, wavelet sharpened, and saturation enhancement) to show more places that the gold highlights are hiding.
I can see these gold colored highlights around craters on the terminator in my first full disk lunar image off of this same camera a couple of days ago.
www.flickr.com/photos/185380451@N02/51686606172/in/dateta...
I cannot see them in a similarly processed image off of a Canon 60Da a couple of months ago.
www.flickr.com/photos/185380451@N02/51196404907/in/dateta...
I have also checked other's Mineral Moon images on Flickr, and I see some with similar artifacts and some without.
Tránsito de Mercurio con Bawlow Powermate 2'5x
Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED
Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: iOptron CEM40
Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1¼" (ND 0.9, T=12.5%)
- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1¼" (540nm)
Accesorios: - Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism
- TeleVue Lente de Barlow 2,5x Powermate 1,25"
Software: SharpCap, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2019-11-11
Hora: 13:13 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 30 segundos
Resolución: 1920 x 1080
Gain: 110
Exposure: 0,000154 s
Frames: 857
Frames apilados: 23%
FPS: 28.44
Processed some old data from november last year.
Session Information :
* 51° N 3° E
* Torhout, Belgium
* Capture Date : 30.11.2019
Object Information
* Type : Solar edge with protuberances.
* Distance : 0.986 AU or roughly 147.5 million km
Hardware
* Mount : Celestron CGX
* Imaging Scope : TS Optics 152mm f/5.9 Achromat
* ERF : Baader 2" UV/IR Cut
* Filter : Daystar Quark Hydrogen-Alpha (Chromosphere)
* Imaging Camera : ZWO ASI 174MM
Exposure Settings
* Exposure : 6ms
* Gain : 0
* Gamma : 25
* Frames Surface : 4.000
* Frames Surface Stacked : 10% (400)
* Frames Protuberance : 4.000
* Frames Protuberance Stacked 10% (400)
Capture Software
* FireCapture
Processing Software
* AutoStakkert!
* RegiStax
* Adobe Photoshop
* Topaz GigaPixel AI
* Topaz Sharpen AI
* Topaz DeNoise AI
My first complete image of Jupiter and thee Galilean Moons. the moons from left to right Europa Ganymede and Lo. taken about midnight on 10/11/2022 Hope you all enjoy and thanks for any constructive comments.
Equipment:
Telescope - Celestron 9.25 Edge HD + 2.5x Barlow / ADC
Imaging Camera- Canon EOS R7
Mount - Sky-watcher EQ6-R Pro
Software:
Pipp
AutoStakkert
RegiStax6
Lightroom
Photoshop
Integration:
4K60 crop for 45 seconds
stacked best 1000 frames
Last night’s 73% illuminated moon.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Telescope, ZWO ASI2600MC camera, best 20% of 1300 frames, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in Autostakkert and Registax. Image Date: May 29, 2023. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Io had emerged from behind Jupiter a few minutes before this image was taken. The Great Red Spot is about to rotate off the disk at the lower right.
This from 8 30 s SER files taken with a ZWO ASI224MC camera with 2x Barlow and a ZWO UV/IR cut filter through the C14 at Cerritos College. I used FIreCapture to take this data. SER files were used to create stacks of the best 17% of frames in AutoStakkert, and those stacks were processed in PixInsight. The resulting images were registered and derotated in WinJUPOS, with the result undergoing some final tweaks in GIMP.
CM I: 261°
CM II: 93°
CM III: 229°
Nice to have something back on the Sun again. Had hoped to follow it for a few days but the weather said no!
250mm f4.8 Newtonian, MPCC
ZWO ASI290MC
120s 100fps SER files
Baader solar film
Captured in FireCapture
Processed in AutoStakkert 3, Registax and PS
I've been doing mostly lunar imaging for the past several months. I enjoy hi-res imaging of the lunar surface.
Here is a newly-processed shot of features from the Moon's Northwestern quarter, the Copernican period crater Kepler (at lower center, with the prominent ray system) and the Aristarchus Plateau at upper center (featuring the bright Copernican period crater Aristarchus and the sinuous Vallis Schröteri). On the extreme left margin at center is Marius Crater (with the volcanic dome region known as the Marius Hills. Between them all lies a portion of the vast Oceanus Procellarum, where distinctive features can be sparse!
Data collected April 5, 2020
Celestron EdgeHD8 telescope, Celestron Advanced VX mount.
ZWO 290MM camera
Data collection with Firecapture: ROI=1936x1096; ROI(Offset)=0x0; FPS (avg.)=81; Shutter=1.300ms; Gain=142 (23%)
Preprocessing with PIPP
Stacking with AutoStakkert!3, best 25% of 4908 video frames used.
Final processing in Photoshop CC 2020: slight cropping of stacking artifacts on margins
Copernicus, with Pytheas, Eratosthenes, Stadius, Reinhold and Lansberg Craters
04/02/2020
The principal crater here is one of the Moon's best, the showpiece Copernicus. It is a relatively recent crater, still showing an extensive network of rays, a prominent set of central peaks, high outer ramparts, and terraced interior walls that make the whole look like an otherworldly amphitheater.
Look at the region around Copernicus. The area is peppered with tiny craterlets, each gouged by a chunk of the Moon that was blasted upward and outward by the main cratering event, then falling hard back onto the Moon, digging a hole of its own.
Other craters include the smallish Pytheas at upper left, impressive Eratosthenes (another young crater, somewhat older than Copernicus), the almost invisible ghost crater Stadius below Eratosthenes, Reinhold below Copernicus, and finally Lansberg in the lower left.
Celestron EdgeHD 8 telescope, ZWO ASI290MM monochrome camera, Celestron Advanced VX mount.
Pre-processing of 4926 frame .ser file with PIPP. Best 15% of those video frames stacked with AutoStakkert 3, wavelets processing with Registax 6, and final processing in Photoshop CC 2020.