Moon up!

[recceranger]

Single shot with D7500 and ED80. Can’t work out how to stack raw frames! So this will have to do! 😃☘️👍

[maw lod qan]

Wonderful image!

[johninderby]

I’ve found with the moon single frame images can be very good and stacking isn’t essential as it is with planets..

Nice image. 👍🏻

[Nik271]

Very nice image! If you are going to stack then getting a lot of frames ( a few hundred) is more important than lack of compression because you are trying to capture the moment of good seeing, and 8 bit colour is sufficient for the Moon. RAW files are quite slow to record on average camera but JPEGs are smaller and faster. So if you are stacking juts take, say 100 jpegs and stack them in Autorsakkert. Or if you prefer take a short 1-2 min long video and stack the frames.

 

[recceranger]

Thanks Nik, I’ll have another go this evening👍

[Beardy30]

Wow what a [removed word] ! For an AP beginner like me what is stacking please?  

[johninderby]

Satacking is using a number of images and combining them for a better image.

A little intro here.

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/astrophoto-tips/a-guide-to-astrophotography-stacking/

Edited January 23, 2021 by johninderby