RGB ‘Beaver’ moon?

[Yawning Angel]

It's been a while since I point a scope at the moon for anything other than a quick look. I finally demounted my C11 last night, after pursuing Jupiter for as many sessions as the recent weather has allowed. The FL of the C11 didn't easily allow a full disk image without a lot of mosaic panels

107mm x 700mm 'frac, PlayerOne Mars II-C

6 panel mosaic, 50% of 5000 per panel, AS!4 beta / Registax / ICE then pushed the colour a little in PixInsight. I'm a little rusty at this

[geoflewis]

Alex,

That's both gorgeous and inspirational. I keep intending to try a colour image of the Moon with my ASI462, but still haven't attempted it. The FOV with the C14 is crazy small, rquiring about 100 images in a mosaic, but I should pair it with the 4" APO and see what that give's me. Maybe once I've done with Jupiter and Uranus (and maybe Neptune), I'll give it a try.

[Craney]

27 minutes ago, Yawning Angel said:

.... I'm a little rusty at this

....   as is the mineral Moon.

[Yawning Angel]

2 hours ago, geoflewis said:

That's both gorgeous and inspirational

Thank you! Good luck with your own efforts too!

2 hours ago, Craney said:

...   as is the mineral Moon.

😄 😄 😄

[Kon]

Another excellent image Alex. Very nice details and colours.

[Yawning Angel]

8 hours ago, Kon said:

Another excellent image Alex. Very nice details and colours

Thank you!

[WestCoastCannuck]

Very nice.   For myself,  I far prefer this one to your version posted later.    As always,  lunar colour is a personal taste acquired and tends to change.   Maybe in 6 months I would prefer the other one.  haha

[Paul M]

That's insane! At full resolution it's go so much detail that I'd expect to be washed out by the usual low contrast of a nearly full moon.

I think it would make a great poster or framed photo. Stunning!

[Mr Spock]

Nice colour to this one. 

[Space Hopper]

An excellent and inspiring result.

I bet the Apollo astronauts view on approach was much the same.

[Ags]

Great work! Whenever I try a color moon I find highlights turn green.

[Yawning Angel]

On 26/12/2023 at 00:47, WestCoastCannuck said:

Very nice.   For myself,  I far prefer this one to your version posted later

I think I agree with that. It's certainly sharper. Thanks!

On 26/12/2023 at 11:25, Paul M said:

That's insane

Thank you!

On 26/12/2023 at 12:57, Mr Spock said:

Nice colour to this one

Thanks! It easy to go too far with these 🙂

On 28/12/2023 at 12:52, Space Hopper said:

An excellent and inspiring result

Kind of you to say, thanks!

 

23 hours ago, Ags said:

Great work! Whenever I try a color moon I find highlights turn green.

Thank you! Yes, if the colour balance is green heavy it show up when you push the saturation. Photoshop 'Camera Raw Filter' can fix it with the Defringe tool

[ObscuredView]

That’s beautiful.