Luke Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I managed to do my back in yesterday, and that evening there was a beautiful moon and clear skies for a while. There was no way I could manage my HEQ5 and ED120 setup, so I hobbled outside with my grab and go ED80 and tripod. Thankfully, it did not cloud over and rain. I'm not sure I would have made it back inside it time! Please click image for higher res.I captured in mono and have added a dash of colour to it.---20/10/2013Celestron Onyx 80mm / Grasshopper 3 (ICX687) / Baader 7nm H-a filter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joves Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Holy moly, Luke... I reckon that is about the nicest shot of the moon I've ever seen. Well done, mate... Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joves Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 One for the screensaver, I think... If you don't mind, of course?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCT Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Great shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Smith Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Top image Luke. Hope the back eases up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor N Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Excellent image Luke. Hope the back improves. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceboy Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Great image Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bergman Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Nice image Luke! Crisp! ( Did someone play with Astraimage:-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 Thanks, folks! Joves, you are most welcome to use the image on your desktop, thanks for asking and thanks for the kind words!The back is still a bit iffy, but I am more comfy now than before, thanks, after seeing Dr. Aspirin. Mr Bergman, yes I did use AstraImage, for a final touch more detail Very cool program. I have used AstraImage quite a bit more on the closeup image that I hope to add below in a mo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 And here's a closeup. It was six tiles and I was starting to get carried away and thinking I might try and tile the whole moon for a high-res shot with my undriven ED80. No sooner did I think that, then the clouds came flying in I struggled a bit with noise on this shot. I had cranked up the gain because the signal was dark with my 7nm H-a filter still in place. I think I will use a red filter next time for barlow shots!Please click image for higher resThis is the first image where I have used Astra Image's deconvolution a lot. For me, it rescued this shot. I could not get very far at all with my usual sharpening techniques in PS, the noise soon became very strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bergman Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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