Moon Mozaic (first 6 images)

[carastro]

I have stitched 6 images together to form a Mozaic which I will add to at a later date. I have also got a 7th image of plato which I took at the start of the session, but by the time I had done several images the terminator had moved a fair bit so there was no way of joining this on satisfactorily.

About 1 minute AVI for each of the 6 images.

Webcam & K3CCDtools, stacked in registax, CG5 GT mount using an ETX125 telescope.

I stitched them together manually in photoshop as I've not yet tried using any other software for this.

[carastro]

Also attached is a close up of Copernicus.

Carole

[resonator77]

looking pretty good,

you can play with color wavelets and lower the red a bit,

did you use filters?

[jgs001]

Agree, it's a good start... I think going back at a later date to add more is going to be very difficult. I aim to complete all the captures for a mosaic inside an hour as the moon changes very quickly (comparitively speaking) and aim for completing the terminator first, as this prevents the changing light affecting the end image.

[carastro]

Thanks guys:

did you use filters?

I'm glad you asked that question, as it's been a while sicne I used my webcam and completely forgot I had taken the IR filter off to use on my other camera.

So, this is without any filters. I couldn;t make out why it was so red, you should have seen the originals, they were rusty red.

I can't get on with wavelets, but have adjusted the colour in PS.

I think going back at a later date to add more is going to be very difficult. I aim to complete all the captures for a mosaic inside an hour as the moon changes very quickly (comparitively speaking) and aim for completing the terminator first, as this prevents the changing light affecting the end image.

I think you may be right. I've not tried to image this side of the Moon before, so a progressing terminator was not something I have encountered before, so yes, will do the terminator edge first next time.

Revised colour image attached.

Carole

[carastro]

Copernicus colour adjusted in PS.

[jgs001]

Carole, you may find this helpful

http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-tips-tricks-techniques/104876-making-lunar-mosaic.html

Looks much better in a more natural colour... but I guess that's the effect of not having the IR filter... which I believe will also degrade the image somewhat too... (I could well be wrong on that, it's something I recall reading somewhere)... I've never tried without an IR filter on the webcam/qhy5v, I use it to keep dust out.

[TopHouse]

I'm far from an expert but John and his tutorial put me on the right track with lunar mosaicing. I agree re the pink needs to go, and I reckon playing with the wavelets in regi a bit more and then perhaps an unsharp mask in photoshop will get you more detail. Slightly overexposed too which is why your lighter sections are a bit washed out. Perhaps back the gain off a little on next attempt.

WcCtrl is very good to use as a webcam controler (not imager) as it allows you to set several profiles of gain/shutter speed etc, then you can experiment and find combinations that work for you.

[carastro]

Thanks for the tutorial John, will study that.

thanks for the link Tophouse.

Carole