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Sol Región Activa 12936
Seeing regular
Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED
Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: iOptron AZ Mount Pro
Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1¼" (ND 0.6, T=25%)
- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1¼" (double stacked) (540nm)
Accesorios: - Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism
- TeleVue Lente de Barlow 2,5x Powermate 1,25"
Software: FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2022-01-29 (29 de enero de 2022)
Hora: 13:56 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 3 minuto
Resolución: 1816x1236
Gain: 73 (14%)
Exposure: 0.032ms
Frames: 9169
Frames apilados: 9%
FPS: 50
Sensor temperature= 34.6°C
- Skywatcher Star Adventurer Equatorial Mount
- Celestron C90 + 2x barlow + Olympus OMD EM10 MKII
- Prime focus
- A 2 minutes video stacked with AutoStakkert
Solar Transit of the International Space Station in H Alpha.
Date and Time:
6:51:37 UTC | 1st May, 2018.
Location:
North Bengal, India.
26.742330 N ; 88.643774 E.
Equipment:
Coronado Solarmax II 60, ZWO ASI 178 MM.
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer.
Software: SharpCap 2.8, Autostakkert! 2, Registax 6.
Photo by Janmejoy Sarkar.
Fair seeing conditions, 87% humidity. 37 Degrees. Shot with Sony A99ii + Minolta 400/4.5 + 2X TC. 11 image stack. (Best 11 out of 47) Processed with PIPP, Autostakkert!2, Astra Image 5 and LR6
Taken in Lowestoft, UK, last month.
Celestron NexStar 6se SCT & Altair Hypercam 183c. AVI video stacked in Autostakkert 2. Wavelets in Registax 6. Touched-up in PSP8 & PS CC.
The South Polar Ice Cap is very small, but the Ice Cap has grown in the North Polar Region, as it is their northern winter.
Seeing was very good; I think that's my best Mars image captured so far!
My first attempt at capturing the Moon with a telescope. Nowhere near as sharp as I hoped, but clouds came in so I couldn't get anywhere near as many shots as I needed. Next time!
06-09-2020
Aperture: 125mm (4.92");
Focal length: 1250mm (49.2")
Focal ratio: f/10;
Canon 6d Mkii;
Prime focus;
Tracking with Alt-Az motorised mount;
Aligned in PiPP, stacked in AutoStakkert, Wavelet transformations in Registax;
Final edits in Photoshop and Lightroom.
~150 RAW shots captured (best 50% selected in AutoStakkert).
Luna: Plato, Sinus Iridum, Mare Imbrium
Seeing regular, jetstream alto.
Telescopio: Sky-Watcher Skymax Mak-Cass 180/2700 f15
Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: Montura: iOptron CEM40
Filtros: Baader R CCD Filter
Software: FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2020-09-27 (27 de septiembre de 2020)
Hora: 22:36 U.T. (Tiempo universal)
Fase lunar: 85.5% 10.39 días Creciente
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 3 minutos
Resolución: 2872x1680
Binning NO
Gain: 200 (39%)
FPS: 37
Exposure: 11.44ms
Frames: 6788
Sensor temperature= 28.7 °C
Frames apilados: 10%
Great surface detail visible tonight!
Three minutes of video captured at 25 frames per second, using a ZWO ASI120MC camera with 2x barlow, Celestron C8 scope and CGEM mount.
Captured in FireCapture.
Stacked in AutoStakkert, processed in Registax and LightRoom.
Saturn under average Seeing. Stacked about 4000 frames from a total of 13520 with AutoStakkert.
OHY5II-C ccd camera via 2x Barlow thru a Celestron 8inch SCT
Tonight's waxing gibbous moon did a good job of outshining the comet! Questar 1350/89 mm f/15 telescope with Sony a6300 at prime focus. Exposed 1/30 sec at ISO 100. Best 8 of 93 images stacked in Autostakkert 3, deconvolved in Lynkeos, with final crop and exposure in Photoshop.
Between December 20, 2016 and March 10, 2017 I took many images of Venus. This is a composite of some of these images showing the phase change and size change over this time. During this time Venus was just about to begin traveling between the Sun and the Earth in its orbit so night by night it got closer to Earth and more and more of a crescent. In a few days (March 25th) it will no longer be visible as it will be in the glare of the Sun (inferior conjunction), it will then reappear in the early morning sky a few days later as it continues in its orbit around the Sun.
Each Image created from a video taken with a QHY5II-c camera and a 9.25 Celestron SCT with 2x barlow. Video stacked in Autostakkert and post processed in Lightroom and Photoshop
The impact crater Aristarchus is generally considered to be the brightest large feature on the moon and it is clearly visible in many pictures as a bright white streak near the western limb of the full or nearly full moon (it is even visible under earthshine).
Note also the rille or valley called Vallis Schroteri (Schroter's Valley) that runs partiality across the darkened region immediately above Aristarchus. That region is known as "Wood's Spot" and it may be the most colorful surface area on the earth-facing side of the moon.
Much closer to the shadowed terminator of the moon and toward the upper right is Mons Rümker. This roughly circular feature is believed to have been formed by a series of volcanic eruptions that formed a relatively shallow mound that eventually reached an elevation of just over 3,000 feet. On Earth, this type of geological structure is known as a shield volcano.
Taken on the morning of April 2, 2015 with a Stellarvue SV80ST2 telescope (80mm aperture, 480mm prime focal length, f/6) using a 4X Powermate/barlow and a ZWO ASI120MC planetary/video camera.
Autostakkert!2, Registax V6, and Photoshop CC 2014 were used for the image processing.
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Last Super Blue Moon until 2037.
"Why a blue supermoon? That’s an entirely different story. A blue moon is not actually blue at all; that is simply the nickname that’s given to the second full moon that occurs in a month, and the phenomenon does not happen often; just 3% of full moons are also blue moons, according to NASA. The rarest shy show of all occurred last night—and will continue on Sept. 1 — when a combination of full moon plus super moon plus blue moon appeared in the sky. If you miss it, you’ll have to wait a while for the next one: according to NASA, the next blue supermoon will not occur until 2037. Typically, blue supermoons occur only once every 20 years or so." [1]
I've made a 15-panel monochrome mosaic for luminance and a single panel imaged with a mirrorless camera for color channels.
Captured with SharpCap and processed with Ptgui, Imppg, Autostakkert, PixInsight and Photoshop.
APM107/700, Sony A7iV, Apollo 432mm, Televue 4x Powermate with red filter (used for mosaic only).
[1] How the Blue Super Moon Looked Around the World.
Related video simulation of the blue supermoon rising
Celestron SCT8i
ZWO ASI120MC-S
Celestron CGEM
Frames apiados: 2000
Df: 2000 mm
F: 10
Mal Seeining
07 Agosto 2020
Captura: Firecapture
Procesado: Autostakkert + Registax + Pixinsight 1.8
Guillermo Cervantes Mosqueda
Observatorio Astronómico Altaír
Poncitlán Jalisco México
Taken with a Coronado PST, 2x Barlow + Canon 1100D.
ISO-800 1/50 sec exp
Best 25% of 60 frames in Autostakkert! 2 then processed in Lightroom, Paintshop Pro and Focus Magic
This huge detached promience off the SE limb is the largest detached promience I've ever seen!
Photographed on a rare clear winter night in the UK on 3rd January 2025.
Equipment used was a Skywatcher 200P Newtonian telescope and an ASI715MC planetary camera. Processing was with Autostakkert, Registax 6 and Pixinsight. A 1 minute AVI video was made at 1280 x 720 resolution.
Un'altra foto di Giove molto sofferta. Seeing decente, ma velature che diminuivano di molto la luminosità del pianeta, costringendo ad aumentare il gain e il tempo di posa.
Pianeta: Giove.
Data: 26 marzo 2016.
Diametro: 43.90"
Magnitudine: -2.44
CMI=168.2° CMII=5.2° CMIII=120.9°
Luogo: Pedara (CT).
Ora (locale): 01:01.
Seeing (scala di Antoniadi): 3/5.
Telescopio: Celestron CPC-800 xlt.
Barlow: 2.5x GSO.
Lunghezza focale: 4950mm
Risoluzione: 0.16"
Camera di ripresa: ASI120MC.
Numero di frames acquisiti: 3000.
Numero di frames elaborati: 33% (1000).
FPS: 17.
Durata del filmato: 167 s.
ROI: 640x480
Software di elaborazione: Autostakkert 2.7.7, Astra Image 5, Photoshop CC 2015.
On March 31 we have our second blue moon of 2018, shown here from Austin, Texas at 2018-03-31 04:08 UT. Taken with a Questar 1350/89mm f/15 telescope with a Sony a6300 camera at prime focus. Images exposed for 1/80 sec at ISO 100. The best 8 of 171 images were stacked in Autostakkert 3, deconvolved in Lynkeos, with final exposure and crop in photoshop.
Saturn, the 6th planet, 36 days after its 2022 opposition. The 5 innermost major moons of the Saturnian system appear in this image. Since the phase angle has increased, the magnificent rings are ~32% dimmer than they were on the night of opposition. This is a result of opposition surge (or the Seeliger effect), which is the rapid increase in brightness as the phase angle of an object approaches zero and all shadows disappear. The rings brighten because they are composed of solid water ice particles while the rest of the planet is gas (96% hydrogen).
This was only my 2nd time imaging with the new telescope. I spent a lot of time reading and learning how to collimate (align) the secondary mirror more accurately, so the result is much sharper than my previous Saturn image. I didn't have earlier experience with collimation because my 80mm refractor never needed it. The 150mm Schmidt-Cassegrain came with a learning curve as expected, but it's starting to pay off!
Annotated version: flic.kr/p/2nP3gRk
Phase angle: 3.49°
Apparent magnitude: 0.43
Apparent diameter: 42.84" (with rings)
Distance from Earth: 9.037 AU
Stack of 6,000 frames (best of 215,898)
Captured from 03:34 to 04:28 UTC
Exposure 10 ms, Gain 400, Offset 25
Location: Ladson, SC
Atmospheric seeing: 3/5
Camera: ZWO ASI224MC
Telescope: Celestron C6 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
Barlow: Tele Vue 2x 1.25" Barlow (gives an effective focal length of 3404mm at f/22.7)
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G (unguided)
Captured with FireCapture
Processed with PIPP, AutoStakkert! 3 (with 3x drizzle), PixInsight, and Paint.NET
The nearly full, waning gibbous moon as seen low in a hazy sky.
Taken using a Stellarvue SV80ST2 telescope with a 0.8X reducer (e.f.l. 384mm, f/4.8) and a Sony NEX-5R camera (ISO 200, 1/250s).
Image processing with Autostakkert!, PixInsight, and Photoshop CC2017.
All rights reserved.
I like the whole inverted-sun thing. Somehow it looks even more imposing and frightening.
Telescope = Lunt LS60HaDS50/B1200
Camera = DMK21AU618
Mount = EQ6 Pro
Software = capture in ICCapture, stacking in AutoStakkert 2, mosaic in Photoshop CS5
Mosaic = 5 images (4 corners and one for the center overlap region)
Date = 21/05/2012
Beverage = Hop City Barking Squirrel lager
Lunar Landing Sites: Ranger 8, Surveyor 5, Apollo 11, and Apollo 16
The Moon phase on the night of May 31, 2017 was good for observing several historic lunar landing sites. Earlier I posted a view which included the site of the last manned mission to the Moon, Apollo 17. The top of this picture overlaps with the bottom of that photo, at the junction of Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis. It extends southward along the lunar terminator into the Lunar Highlands. The large crater trio of Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina can be seen in the lower right. In this photo, I was able to capture the locations of the Ranger 8 and Surveyor 5 unmanned probes, and the Apollo 11 and 16 manned missions. Of course, Apollo 11 was the FIRST manned landing on the Moon.
The Ranger Missions were designed as hard landing photographic missions. Ranger 8 was a successful mission, impacting within 24 km of its target area in Mare Tranquillitatis. Ranger 8 took more than 7,000 high-resolution images of the moon before impacting the lunar surface on February 20, 1965. These images detailed the kind of terrain and obstacles that a human explorer might encounter, and paved the way for future human exploration of the moon, beginning with Apollo 11, which landed less than 70km away. The Ranger 8 site is marked (approximately) with a RED plus sign.
The Surveyor Program was the first time the U.S. achieved a soft landing on an extraterrestrial body. The program was the test-bed for the entire technology of soft landings. The actual landings provided essential data as to the nature of the lunar surface, as well as the mechanical characteristics and composition of the surface materials. Surveyor 5 landed very near the future Apollo 11 landing site, and relayed back to Earth up-close images of the terrain that the Apollo 11 astronauts might encounter. The Surveyor 5 landing site is marked with a GREEN plus sign.
Apollo 11 was, as stated above, the first landing of a manned craft on an extraterrestrial object. The primary mission objective was to perform a manned lunar landing and a subsequent return to Earth. Choice of the Mare Tranquillitatis site (BLUE plus sign) was based on several factors: the site was smooth and had relatively few craters and boulders; there were no large hills, high cliffs, or deep craters that could deceive the lunar module landing radar; landing would require the least expenditure of spacecraft propellants: and the site presented less than 2° slope in the approach path and landing site. The site was also scientifically interesting, suitable for laser ranging experiments (STILL ongoing!), for solar wind analysis and for selenographic/geologic research.
So, the Apollo 11 landing site may have been chosen for ease of approach. That turned out to be wise, as the landing was far from uneventful. A switch was set in the wrong position, triggering a series of mysterious computer error codes during the descent. Fuel sloshing in the tanks resulted in erroneous fuel level readings. Boulders were strewn across the “smooth” landing area. Armstrong and Aldrin still managed to bring the Eagle landing craft module to a safe touchdown in the western end of their targeted landing ellipse. “Houston, uh - Tranquility Base here; the Eagle has landed.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1_nhshK2zU
Now look where Apollo 16 landed, a mere 33 months, 4 successful landings and one “successful failure” later. The target for Apollo 16 (YELLOW plus sign) was the heavily cratered lunar highlands. No “smooth” lava plain without large hills, high cliffs or deep craters. NASA had rapidly gathered enough experience, confidence and chutzpah to venture into crater hell. There were no new procedures or equipment to test. With the aid of a Lunar Roving Vehicle, the astronauts could venture farther afield and collect more samples. This was a mission devoted to science and exploration.
Apollo 16's landing spot in the highlands was chosen to allow the astronauts to gather geologically older lunar material, sample surfaces unaffected by the magma effusions that had filled maria they had previously explored or that comprised much of the ejecta strewn over other landing sites. This was important, because the origin of the craters in the lunar highlands was, at that time, a matter of considerable debate. Simply put, the lunar surface here resembles areas on Earth dominated by volcanoes; many scientists held the opinion that the craters were volcanic in origin, not the products of meteor impacts. The samples gathered in this domain of craters disproved the hypothesis that those formations were volcanic in origin. The Moon’s cratered face was here sculpted by bombardment from above, not eruptions from below.
The Apollo 16 Command Module "Casper" is on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, here in Huntsville, Alabama.
Image created from stack of 450 individual video frames. Video obtained using infrared light only. Imaged via eyepiece projection through an Orion 20mm Sirius Plossl eyepiece.
ASI ZWO290MM Camera
Optolong IR Pass (685nm) Filter - 1.25"
Explore Scientific ED80 APO Triplet f/6 Refractor, 480mm focal length
Celestron Advanced VX EQ Mount
Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor fitted with a Baader Astrosolar Filter and a Canon 600D at prime focus. Best 20 of 40 images stacked using Autostakkert 2.
Moon - saturated to show the minerals - 12" dob, baader mpcc, zwo asi2600mc, sharpcap 3.2, PIPP, CS6, Autostakkert 3
2021-08-19-0939_3_AS_P20_lapl
5_ap137_conv copy 2 Saturate
Average seeing. 25th May 2019 21:44 UTC,
Transparency (3/5)
Seeing (2.5/5)
C9.25 Edge HD
ZWO 120MC-S
Winjupos
AutoStakkert
Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a William Optics 70mm refractor + ASI120MC camera fitted with a 3x Barlow. The mount was my Skywatcher AZ GTi on a tripod. I had to use my portable set up because the Moon was too low to get above the trees from my permanent pier or from the observatory shed.
I grabbed the telescope because I wanted to capture the Lunar X and V on the 44% Waxing Crescent Moon before the Moon set. I had to dodge endless patches of cloud which were making my life miserable! Given the conditions I'm really really happy with the photos I got!
I captured a 1,000 frame video using SharpCap. I stacked the best 50% of those frames in Autostakkert! 3, then processed the images in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer.
Sun Spot AR2965, 2022-03-13
Captured from our backyard on Sunday March 13. Seeing was not that great, so we stacked best 5% of 5,000 frames.
Equipment details:
Orion 80mm refractor
Quark Chromosphere filter
ZWO2600MM Pro using ROI
Processed with Autostakkert!, IMPPG, and Photoshop.
Sunspot AR2965 has a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares.
Scientists classify solar flares according to their x-ray brightness in the wavelength range 1 to 8 Angstroms. There are 3 categories: X-class flares are big; they are major events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms. M-class flares are medium-sized; they can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth's polar regions. Minor radiation storms sometimes follow an M-class flare. Compared to X- and M-class events, C-class flares are small with few noticeable consequences here on Earth.
The waxing crescent moon from Austin at 2018-03-23 02:59 UT. Questar 1350/89 f/15 telescope with Sony a6300 at prime focus. Exposed 1/30 sec at ISO 200. Best 8 of 108 images stacked in Autostakkert 3, deconvolved in Lynkeos, with final exposure and crop in Photoshop.
My first Jupiter with the ASI120MC-s. I took this on the 6th January. I had a few issues getting used to the software settings in Firecapture, but I've picked up a few tips since, so I'm already looking forward to the next session when the weather calms down again.
Skywatcher 200p
ASI120MC-S
2.5x Powermate
3000/5000 frames stacked in Autostakkert!2
Registax6
Photoshop CC 2015
The Partial Solar Eclipse of June 2021 as seen from Milan, Italy at 12:31 local time. Here in white light to show the full solar disk, with some nice plages and little spots.
Sharpstar 61EDPH APO refractor telescope
Star Adventurer Mount
Artesky Herschel Wedge
ASI290MM
Best 10% of 500 frames
Autostakkert, Registax, PS
Saturn 22nd August 2021(22:27 UT). Four 3 minute stacks(best 4,000 frames each - 16,000 frames in total, merged with Winjupos. Captured using Firecapture V2.5.
Processed using Autostakkert V3.1.4 ,Registax V6 and Winjupos. Equipment used, Celestron C14 Edge HD, CGEPRO Mount, ZWO ASI224MC camera and Carl Zeiss 2X Barlow.
What a great weather, but... MS ICE refused to stich those panels. Obviously, a better flat is needed, and, perhaps, collecting 1200 frames per panel takes too long and some subtle changes have enough time to happen...
17.03.2015, around 10:00 GMT+4.
TIS DMK23U274 via 2x Barlow on Coronado PST, 20% of 1200 frames per panel stacked in Autostakkert!2 2.3.021alpha, deconvolution (Richardson-Lucy agressive, Cauchy-type PSF, 0,3 pix, 9 iter.) and wavelet sharpening (1-31-24-53-1) were made in AstraImage PRO 3.0, high-pass filtering, masking, blending, coloration and montage - Photoshop.
Note: on a second thought I should have colorized proms in the same way as I did for the disk... Or just leave it monochrome.
Sol Regiones Activas 13004 y 13001
Buen seeing y algo de viento (poco pero muy tocapelotas)
Telescopio: Skywatcher Refractor AP 120/900 f7.5 EvoStar ED
Cámara: ZWO ASI178MM
Montura: iOptron AZ Mount Pro
Filtros: - Baader Neutral Density Filter 1¼" (ND 0.6, T=25%)
- Baader Solar Continuum Filter 1¼" (double stacked) (540nm)
Accesorios: - Baader 2" Cool-Ceramic Safety Herschel Prism
- TeleVue Lente de Barlow 2,5x Powermate 1,25"
Software: FireCapture, AutoStakkert, Registax y Photoshop
Fecha: 2022-05-05 (5 de mayo de 2022)
Hora: 14:47 T.U. (Tiempo universal)
Lugar: 42.615 N -6.417 W (Bembibre Spain)
Vídeo: 1 minuto
Resolución: 2512x1832
Gain: 67 (13%)
Exposure: 0.032ms
Frames: 2079
Frames apilados: 9%
FPS: 34
Sensor temperature= 41.1°C
A five-panel mosaic of Mare Crisium and the surrounding area on the eastern side of the Moon, just north of the Lunar equator. Close after the full moon (97% illuminated) is not the best time to capture lunar features because there isn't much shadow and most of the disc appears washed out, but there was a little bit of the terminator starting to appear so after imaging Saturn and Jupiter we slewed over to the Moon. Mare Crisium (Latin for the "Sea of Crises") is a lunar mare located just northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis. It is 556 km in diameter and 176,000 square kilometers in area.
Created from 5 videos with a total of 7712 frames
Exposure = 0.003248 at 50% Gain
Processed in PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax, and Photoshop
Total integration - 23 seconds
Equipment:
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Explorer-150PDS
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC Pro
x2 Barlow lens with extension (equivalent to x3.3
25 hours between left and right panels.
The patterns of chromosphere around Sun spots follow the force lines of local magnetic field.
Left panel was made purposefully, while right panel was made from frames taken with AR 1861 as a primary target, so the Northern hemisphere of the Sun shows some mistuning here.
WARNING! Sun is dangerous, use proper filters for observing and imaging!
Aquisition time: 12 and 13.10.2013, between 14:07 and 15:05 MSK (UTC+4) respectively.
Image orientation: normal (North is up, West is to the left (Earth-bound West)).
Equipment:
Canon EOS 60D (unmodded) coupled to Coronado PST via Baader Planetarium Hyperion Zoom 8-24 mm Mark III click-stop system eyepiece and Baader Planetarium M43-to-T2 conversion ring on Celestron CG-4 EQ mount (left) and on photo-tripod (right).
Aperture 40 mm
Native focal length 400 mm
Effective focal length 931 mm (zoom setting - 16 mm)
Tv = 1/30 seconds
Av (effective) = f/23
ISO 800 (left) and 1600 (right)
Exposures: from 25/27, 100% used in both cases.
Processing: RAWs were converted to monochrome images, pre-cropped and pre- aligned manually since ImageJ refused to align them properly. Image were exported as 8-bit monochrome TIFFs, assembled into AVIs and stacked in Autostakkert!2. Deconvolution in Astra Image 3.0 (Ricardson-Lucy algorithm, Cauchy-type PSF, size - 7,4 units, 7 iterations). Both panels were scaled down 1,46x to have the diameter of Solar disk equal to 1700 pix (equivalent to effective focal length of about 820-850 mm). Coloration, contrast enchancement (Smart Sharpen filter was applied to both panels, type - Gaussian, radius - 2 pix, strength - 150) and collaging made in Photoshop.
I'm absorbing techniques like a sponge before upgrading my little PST to not much larger DS PST :)
Here the credits go to marktownleyful on Youtube for idea of how to clean brightness seams from fulldisk panos.
Acqusition time: 29.08.2016 08:38 MSK
TIS DMK 23U274 on Coronado PST via 2x Barlow lens.
22 (yeah!) panels 960x960 pixels of 150 frames of 800 frames each were deconvolved in AstraImage 3 PRO (Cauchy 0,4-11), stitched in MS ICE and hi-tech treated in PS.
After learning more skills in processing, I've re-processed this Lunar Mosaic I composed of 18 individual shots I took on 09-09-14. This is a desaturated version of my previous process.
09 / 09 / 14
98% Illuminated
Scope: Skywatcher 200P 8" Newtonian
Mount: EQ5
Camera: ZWO ASI120MC-S
Capture info: 18x 1000 Frame Captures, 50% (500) frames stacked.
Software: Firecapture 2.4beta, PIPP, AutoStakkert!2, MS ICE, Photoshop CC 2014
Assembled from SER videos taken around 2021-06-23 0600 UT with a ZWO ASI120MM through a Celestron Edge HD 925 with 2x Barlow.
The Moon was showing 96.5% of its illuminated side toward Earth at this time. Along the terminator, the craters that stand out (from top to bottom) are Cavalerius, Hevelius, Lohrmann, and Grimaldi. Grimaldi usually stands out when the Moon is closer to full or just past full. It is a crater with a dark lava floor that is in high contrast to surrounding material. Hevelius probably deserves a crater that stands out more than this one. At 106 km in diameter and flanked by two very visible craters north and south of it, this is a pretty good one. Hevelius produced the first detailed telescopic map of the Moon. The crater that bears his name even has a pretty outstanding smaller crater inside it (Hevelius A).
The video files were stacked in AutoStakkert, and the stacks composited in Image Composite Editor. There were some adjustments in PixInsight and Photoshop before uploading.
Hardware: ZWO-ASI174MM, TeleVue 4x Powermate, Meade SN10, iOptron CEM60
Software: Firecapture, Autostakkert! & Photoshop 2020
Lunar X y Lunar V del 2016-11-06 22:00 GMT-3
Canon 6D - SW Dobson 8" f/6 - Barlow 2x - Foco primario
Video HD 1920 x 1080 - Apilado 2% de 920 frames
Procesado PIPP - AutoStakkert - Registax - Adobe Lightroom
18 Apr 2019
0120 UTC
Full aperture baader.
ZWO ASI290MM
C9.25 (F=2350mm)
AutoStakkert
PixInsight
Moderate seeing (3/5)
I am not a "planetary imager".
But, it was fun practicing at our Astronomy Clubs Observatory.
Cheddar Ranch Observatory
Oklahoma City Astronomy Club
9-5-2020 (not good seeing conditions this night)
Celestron C14 edge HD
TeleVue 2x Powermate
ZWO cameras, one color and one mono used.
AutoStakkert
Adobe Photoshop.
The lunar image is a 10 panel mosaic. ZWO asi178 mono used.
The moon was a 4.5 day old waxing crescent on the evening of 2012-02-20. This photo is a high-resolution mosaic of four images, each comprised of a stack of the best 30 out of 250 frames.
Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 110mm @ f/7
Mount: iOptron iEQ45 Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI 290MC-Cool
Software: SharpCap 3.0, AutoStakkert v2.6.8, PaintShop Pro X8
Jupiter 2nd Oct 2022(22:35 UT) showing Io in transit and casting it's shadow, average seeing conditions. This image consists of a single image (best 4,000 frames), 10,900 frames were captured in 3 minutes using Firecapture V2.7. To try and produce a slightly better result with just one file, on this occasion I decided to split the AVI into two halves using the limit option in Autostakkert. I then merged the two stacks of 2,000 frames back together after sharpening in Registax using Winjupos. Processed using Autostakkert V3.1.4, Registax V6 and Winjupos. Equipment used, Celestron C14 Edge HD, CGEPRO Mount, ZWO ASI224MC camera, Carl Zeiss 2X Barlow and ZWO ADC.
Seeing was excellent this night. I made sure the scope was collimated properly before this run, and used a Bahtinov mask for getting good focus. Shot with a Cellestron Edge HD 925 with a 3x TeleVue Barlow and Point Grey Flea3 color camera.
Gain: +24.0 dB
Frame rate: 13.0 fps
There were 67 AVI of 400 frames each shot between 0723 UT and 0827 UT. The best 75 frames of each AVI were stacked in AutoStakkert!3. The resulting images were processed in PixInsight, then registered, derotated, and combined in WinJUPOS. Final touches in PS CS 5.1.
Central meridian longitudes:
CM I 10.7°
CM II 259.6°
CM III 230.9°