First quick shot of the moon

[ubertank]

Hi guys,

Had a disappointing night last night where wide-field imaging was concerned, but did get a half decent shot of the moon - my first image of any type really.

You can see where I have rotated the layer and got a discrepancy in the black area. This is due to it being my first time in photoshop - the most intimidating program ever to a newbie. Any advisc on how I should have rotated this image would be appreciated, although I suspect it's as much down to the angle the camera is held to the Scope. The moon itself looks okay though, just a shame about the outside.

Anyway, here it is. No stacks. Just one shot held to the scope by hand without a t-ring - on order with a bit of colour adjustment.

[Ben_Jim]

Thats a good capture to say you held the camera to the scope.

I would do it this way, on the top bar click on Image then on rotate then flip vertical and horizontal.

Jim

[ubertank]

Thanks Ben. I'll give that a try.

Yeah, it's more the quality of the camera and scope than anything I did I guess. I just held it to where the eyepiece would go and held it as steady as possible. The camera was on full auto mode even . Very lazy shot.

I think playing with some of the options in PS brought some decent quality to the terminator.

[Matt Scunthorpe]

That is an amazing photo to say you held it upto the EP rather than a t-ring!

[Pete Presland]

lovely super sharp image, well done!

[Leveye]

Nice and Crisp well done!

[JamesF]

Indeed. Very nice shot, that.

James