High Resolution Crescent Lunar Mosaic (23 Panels)

[matt_baker]

Taken with a Celestron C14 pier mounted on a CGE (old) and QHY5L-II M @ 30fps 1280x960

23 Panels in total 

Stacked in AutoStakkert! 3, stitched in ICE and processed in PI and PS

Could have done more sharpening but I felt like it'll be too unnatural, especially up close.

Final PNG came out at 8272x4108 or 33.9MP

CC is welcome

Matt 

[MarkAR]

Superb.

[Sunshine]

Love the orientation, gives me an impression as though i'm looking at some other world rather than our moon, so used to seeing moon images vertically.

[WestCoastCannuck]

Lots of work!!  Nicely done. My seeing last night could just barely support 4 inches aperture.  lol

[vineyard]

That is beautiful.  There's an excellent sense of vertigo (as if on a v steep mountain face) when looking at the left hand side in closeup (10 o'clock-ish).  Only Q I can come up is that when you zoom in on the big mar (if that's what it's called?), there are little black dots - are those features or is that something on the camera or the processing.  It's a beautiful piece - you could sell prints of that!

Edited February 28, 2020 by vineyard
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[matt_baker]

1 hour ago, vineyard said:

That is beautiful.  There's an excellent sense of vertigo (as if on a v steep mountain face) when looking at the left hand side in closeup (10 o'clock-ish).  Only Q I can come up is that when you zoom in on the big mar (if that's what it's called?), there are little black dots - are those features or is that something on the camera or the processing.  It's a beautiful piece - you could sell prints of that!

I'm pretty sure they're craters, I hope they're not dust specks!

[wouterdhoye]

A fabulaus image. Certainly well worth the effort. Well done 👍 

[matt_baker]

The next two days are clear and the moon is high in the sky, so should be very good for a compilation of the moon phases and some more high res mosaics! But my hard drive might be a bit full with the amount of panels I'll need for a 50% moon

[matt_baker]

Going to head out tonight and hopefully get another successful mosaic with the moon high in the sky. Fingers crossed it works

[matt_baker]

Turns out the weather was very hit and miss so I wasn't able to complete the mosaic but tomorrow should be clear and hopefully I can try again