Storm Moon - 27/10/2013

[Luke]

It was pretty windy when I took this daytime moon shot yesterday, with the big storm on its way to the UK

I used my grab and go tripod, getting the scope low to the ground and as shielded from the wind as possible. I'm finding the camera tripod's massive height adjustment range to be very useful

Hope everyone's kit survives the winds.

Please click image for (slightly) higher res.

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27/10/2013

Celestron Onyx 80mm / Grasshopper 3 (ICX687) / Red filter

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice result, especially considering conditions

[baggywrinkle]

That is a very sharp image! Noice one

[slickfonzy]

I really like this one, nice contrast and very sharp.

[Luke]

Thanks all

For sharpening I used Astra Image 4 (about £20), here's a little gif animation showing the sharpening from AI. I'm still learning about deconvolution but here two lots of Wiener deblur seemed to work well for me.

First is the blurry stacked image (possibly more blurry than it should be, I tend to stack more frames than I perhaps need), followed by a first pass of Wiener decon, then a second pass of Wiener decon, with a smaller radius value. This may not be the best way, I am fumbling around unable to find much help in tutorials on AI or astrophotography deconvolution.   For £20 though, I am very happy

[Raga]

That's a cracking image. Very crisp. You may be "fumbling around" however it seems to be working vey nicely.