ZWO ASI542 First Light

[Gerr]

My second foray into Lunar imaging (first was with ZWO 120mm mini - my guide camera). 

I enjoy targeting the craters and smooth plains of the moon surface even if I don't know their names yet!!

The following images were taken with SW200P reflector and Barlowx3.

ZWO ASICAP software for video capture (couldn't get Firecapture v2.6 to work).

Avistack 2 was used for stacking and processing (approx. best 30 - 40% of frames which ranged from 75 to 100 frames for final images).

I found it did a better job than Autostakkert.

Then Photoshop CS2 for final levels and sharpening (superior to Registax wavelets in my case).

Moon was waxing gibbous (April 22nd) and viewing conditions were mediocre (focusing was through 'Lucky Imaging').

Had to balance image noise with sharpening so images may appear 'undercooked'!!!!

CC's welcome.

Gerr.

[Gerr]

Correction.

Camera used was ZWO ASI462 !!!!

[wouterdhoye]

Lovely images. I believe there is more potential though. Have you tried performing a Lucy-Richardson deconvolution sharpening on it. Can do wonders. 
 

Wouter. 

[Gerr]

1 hour ago, wouterdhoye said:

Lovely images. I believe there is more potential though. Have you tried performing a Lucy-Richardson deconvolution sharpening on it. Can do wonders. 
 

Wouter. 

Hi Wouter,

I only did unsharp and smart sharpen in photoshop. Not tried deconvolution sharpening as you suggested. Is this available on a specific program or a specific process? Happy to try it out.

Thanks,

Gerr.

[Gerr]

I've done some more smart sharpening to Plato crater and the Frigid Sea image which I hope you agree has improved it's details without noise becoming too apparent.

Gerr.

[neil phillips]

AVI STACK was my program of choice. Many years ago, Autostkakkert is no slouch mind. Noise robust and different AP box sizes can improve the result

Very natural images. Agree with Wouter there is more in the data

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by neil phillips