Lunar Mosaic

[Jarvo]

Right I'll post this one in the right area

This is a Mosaic I put together last night of a series of shots of the crescent moon on 08/04/2008.

(click to enlarge)

Kit used:

6" Skywatcher Pro Mak

2 x Apo AE Barlow

Olympus E410 DSLR

Processed in Coral Paint Shop Pro.

Slight mismatch in some of the joints.

Trouble with the MAK is the focussing. Its tricky to get sharp focus when using a DSLR ...anyone any tips??

Jarvo

[jgs001]

That's a really nice moon Jarvo

[Sam]

Very nice image! Good job and getting the exposure right - I took a picture at about the same time and it turned out rubbish! Focusing a DSLR is quite tricky.

[zhgutas]

Nice "horn" and a lovely colour too

marius

[Starflyer]

Nice mosaic Jarvo,

I can't see the joins. What did you use to join the images together?

Cheers,

Ian

[steppenwolf]

A very nicely exposed image!

[Jarvo]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Starflyer, I used Coral Paint Shop Pro. And yes focussing is a real pain - especially with a "Mak"......

Jarvo

[Starflyer]

Hi Jarvo,

Have you given iMerge a go, I find it very easy to use for mosaics compared to trying to put them together with an image editing package.

http://www.geocities.com/jgroveuk/iMerge.html

I also find that small crescents are much harder to get good focus on than when a larger area is illuminated. A great image - keep 'em coming

Cheers,

Ian