Massive Moon - 4-pane Ha Mosaic

[Stub Mandrel]

My experience is that although Ha needs longer exposures, the lack of dispersion and reduced seeing effects mean it amkes sense for lunar imaging.

This is a 4-pane mosaic using the ASI1600MM, each quadrant being 80%  of 89-100 frames, preprocessed in PIPP and stacked in AS3. Processing was minimal, just a very light deconvolution in Astra Image before combination, using feathered masks for the joins in photoshop. Then another, equally light, deconvolution and a touch of curves to raise the darkest parts of the moon while pinning the sky background under 10%.

It is worth zooming in and exploring, even though a near-full moon doesn't show a huge amount of relief. Yes I know it's 'upside down' but I think that makes it less familiar and more interesting.

 

[geeklee]

Agreed, that was worth the zoom.  Thanks for the info on the method of capture too (using Ha).

I've only got a slight twitch at it being upside down... honest 😅

[Stub Mandrel]

19 minutes ago, geeklee said:

Agreed, that was worth the zoom.  Thanks for the info on the method of capture too (using Ha).

I've only got a slight twitch at it being upside down... honest 😅

I could post the right-way-up version but I don't want to waste storage SGL space!

[kev]

i like that. very crisp

[CraigT82]

Very nice. Makes me feel like I'm on holiday in Tasmania again, just what I need in lockdown thanks!