Moon Glare

[south west stew]

Hi All,

are there any tips people use when trying to capture Galaxies when the moon is out i live in a light poluted place so the combination of moon and LP is hard to get a good sub without being pail grey in colour any advice

stew

[cowbell]

Hi All,

are there any tips people use when trying to capture Galaxies when the moon is out i live in a light poluted place so the combination of moon and LP is hard to get a good sub without being pail grey in colour any advice

stew

It is quite impossible to block moon glow   The only way I know is to go to a narrower band for imaging.

[cowbell]

So best time would be start/end of the month or when the moon is below horizon.

[Daniel-K]

or new moon stew.

[Russe]

Better go for clusters when the moon is up.

The fainter detail will be lost in the noise...

[Langy]

It's quite impossible to see anywhere as much detail when you get a good moon.

I went to a dark sky site last night, which it was nice to get away from the LP but I can usually see more in the sky from my back garden due to the moon being near to full.

[south west stew]

Clusters is a good shout thanks russe

[happy-kat]

Enjoy looking at the moon :-)

[Pete Presland]

Enjoy looking at the moon :-)

Yep why explore our nearest neighbour

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[Ganymede12]

The Moon's a good opportunity to attempt some simple afocal astrophotography.

[Russe]

Another good opportunity: finetune your setup. Play with PHD and APT settings. Guide/track longer etc.

[johnrt]

Full moon = waste of time, there's no fix for it I'm afraid. DSO junkies get some well needed sleep in moon week.

[lensman57]

Hi All,

are there any tips people use when trying to capture Galaxies when the moon is out i live in a light poluted place so the combination of moon and LP is hard to get a good sub without being pail grey in colour any advice

stew

The late Sir Patrick Moore spent a life time studying our nearest celestial neighbour, it is a very much under rated and neglected DSO target, if shot well the Moon pictures could be stunning, but these are as difficult to capture well and process as any other DSOs.

A.G

[Langy]

Yes the moon can be annoying but also great. Not many objects we can all see so close. Second the difficulty on getting the perfect detail shot.

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[AstroAdam]

I've got to the point where I've stopped worrying about it and just embraced the moon    I've been thinking of grabbing me an Ha filter and going with that, but up until now I've always done moon and planetary imaging when the moon is around.