Lunar imaging

[EmuStardust]

Hey all,

So I have taken my first lunar images, of Tycho and mare crisium (Tycho is a crater on the moon and crisium is a mare (sea- though it is a rather dry sea! )

if you're looking to start imaging I suggest taking pictures of the moon because the moon is bright and you don't need to worry about light pollution which as we all know is an astronomers worst nightmare!

in terms of Processing, I had some help and I used a software package called Auto-stakkert to turn a video into a photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mare crisium

 

 

 

Tycho

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CraigT82]

Very nice images! Autostakkert is great.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

They've come out well, good contrast and not over-sharpened.

[iapa]

where do I start?

how to track the moon is the main thing

 

[MarkAR]

19 minutes ago, iapa said:

where do I start?

how to track the moon is the main thing

 

Basic kit would be  SW Star Adventurer and DSLR, then the next step up is a big hole in your wallet.

[iapa]

25 minutes ago, MarkAR said:

Basic kit would be  SW Star Adventurer and DSLR, then the next step up is a big hole in your wallet.

already have the hole in the wallet

so, AVX, Equinox ED80 Pro, ASI1600,174,294

how do i track? will PHD2 do it?can't find anything that says yea or nay

[Cornelius Varley]

2 minutes ago, iapa said:

how do i track? will PHD2 do it?can't find anything that says yea or nay

No need for autoguiding with lunar imaging, just a driven mount.

[MarkAR]

Using an AVX mount, just select the moon as your target and set to lunar tracking if it doesn't do it automatically. 

[JonCarleton]

SkyWatcher Synscan has a lunar tracking option in the utilities menu.  I've had reasonable luck with it for lunar shots.

[iapa]

19 hours ago, MarkAR said:

Using an AVX mount, just select the moon as your target and set to lunar tracking if it doesn't do it automatically. 

thanks, will try that in a few hours

@EmuStardust apologies for bombing your thread

I'm done asking now.

and hoping I can match your images in the future