9-pane Lunar Mosaic 13. May 2014

[Amra]

This is a 9-pane mosaic. 500 frames recorded per pane, 26 images stacked per pane in Registax 6. Stitched together in Microsoft ICE.

I tried to do a 60-pane barlowed version, but my stack kept getting blurry in Registax 6.0, I think it's either poor optics from the Skywatcher 2x Barlow or it was just slightly out of focus, in any case I had to throw all the data away, it worked much better with the QHY5L-IIc as prime focus on my 200P.

I've also ordered a Tele Vue 3x Barlow, hopefully it will perform great on planets & the Moon/Sun.

Any tips/comments welcome!

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Good result.

[lucid]

Real nice image.

[stevetynant]

better than nice for me I think thats stunning - well done

[Amra]

Thanks guys!

[astroavani]

Hello fellow AstroBin really a beautiful mosaic!