My second attempt at imaging the Moon!

[A budding astronomer]

So my last post about imaging the moon got alot of good feedback from you guys. But today after a down-pouring, overcast afternoon came a glorious clear evening with a beautiful red/purple sunset and an incredible Waxing Gibbous beaming onto the soaked pathways and grass in my garden. I set up my telescope on my little platform as usual along with my laptop, Neximage Burst camera and eyepieces. ( to align the Moon. )

I took 3 images of the Moon tonight. But out of the three my favorite was the image I took of the Copernicus crater. I know to a professional astrophotographer ( The majority of SL  ) the image isn't the greatest, but to a novice astrophotographer like me I think I done a decent job. What do you think?

Adam

[johnfosteruk]

I like it Adam, is that just one frame?

[A budding astronomer]

1 minute ago, johnfosteruk said:

I like it Adam, is that just one frame?

I think so. Thanks!

[A budding astronomer]

 

2 minutes ago, johnfosteruk said:

I like it Adam, is that just one frame?

I recorded for 1000 frames and picked the best 30% in Registax.

[johnfosteruk]

1 minute ago, A budding astronomer said:

 

I recorded for 1000 frames and picked the best 30% in Registax.

In registax, once it's stacked have a look at the wavelets and noise controls

[A budding astronomer]

1 minute ago, johnfosteruk said:

In registax, once it's stacked have a look at the wavelets and noise controls

Ok, I will definitely check it out next time for future reference, thanks

[johnfosteruk]

3 minutes ago, A budding astronomer said:

Ok, I will definitely check it out next time for future reference, thanks

Good stuff, it'll sharpen up the image, pull out some detail and generally make it even more pleasing.

[A budding astronomer]

Cool! If you want to PM me the final image please do.

[johnfosteruk]

4 minutes ago, A budding astronomer said:

Cool! If you want to PM me the final image please do.

I think you misread

it says It'll, as in it will, not I will.. meaning using the wavelets and NR controls will. 

Hope that's cleared that up

 

[A budding astronomer]

2 minutes ago, johnfosteruk said:

I think you misread

it says It'll, as in it will, not I will..

 

Ha Ha! My bad mate! Thanks for the advice!

[Fozzie]

Nice Adam.. it's a great area to photo is tycho... there's a good tutorial as part of the registax Web page I used when processing my first stacked shots... don't be afraid to experiment with the wavelets, I stumbled of on settings that really work with my photos!

Ta, keep them coming.. it interesting to see what the "burst" camera can do.. seems a good starter package.

Fozzie

[Astro Imp]

You're getting into this lunar lark, well done and good luck.

[furrysocks2]

Well done!

Good luck with Registax - I'm sitting down to it now, too.