Lunar Image - 21082013 Milton Keynes

[nCognito]

Hi,

My first post..

Full moon, taken from Milton Keynes on 21 August 2013, using an AstroTrac on Lunar tracking, ED80 (f/7.5, FL600mm) and unmodified Canon T3i. ISO 200, 1/200S, Baader contrast booster

Processed in Pixinsight to increase contrast and reduce glare, this has left some linear artefacts but at this scale its OK.

21082013-Moon-80mm FL600mm f7.5 Orion ED80-iso200-200'th s-Baader Contrast Booster Filter-Canon T3i unmodified_3

[Steve Ward]

Welcome to the forum ....

[SnakeyJ]

Welcome nCognito - very nice full moon and processing.

Enjoy the forum - Jake

[Steve Ward]

That's a lovely result from a single frame ...

Looks like the artifacts may be from shooting in JPEG format , would recommend always shooting in RAW to get the best from the camera.

The next step to getting more detail would be shooting a set of say 100 frames and 'stacking' them to reduce the noise and enhance the details.

There's a very good tutorial here somewhere , I'll try and find it for you . . .

[Steve Ward]

Can't find James's tute but Rogers Solar version contains the stacking process which is basically the same for Lunar.

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/153712-simple-white-light-solar-imaging/

[Amra]

Here's James tutorial: http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/184192-full-disc-lunar-imaging-with-a-dslr/ I just used it. nice contrast on your moon image, good job & welcome to the forums!

[nCognito]

Thanks for the tips, I will give it a go the next time I have a full moon and a clear night. BTW, you are right about some of the artefacts being due to the jpg conversion, the original RAW image is better.

[dwc]

Welcome to the forums