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minus-squarelefty7283@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoThanks to my north facing balcony, I can only photograph the moon when it’s at high declinations. Fortunately it was at +27 dec the other day, and it was early enough for me to be awake to shoot it! Captured at 10pm on April 12th, 2024. Places where I host my other images: Flickr | Instagram Equipment: TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian Orion Sirius EQ-G ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm Astronomik LRGB+CLS Filters- 31mm Astrodon 31mm Ha 5nm, Oiii 3nm, Sii 5nm Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope ZWO ASI-120MC for guiding Moonlite Autofocuser Acquisition: (Camera at Unity Gain, -15°C) R - 20000 x 5.4ms G - 2000 x 4.3ms B - 2000 x 6.0ms Capture Software: Captured using Sharpcap and N.I.N.A. for mount/filterwheel control Stacking: Stacked the best 25% of frames in Autostakkert (autosharpened, 3X Drizzle) PixInsight Processing: DynamicCrop ChannelCombination to combine monochrome images into RGB image ChannelMatch to align G and B color channels to red ColorCalibration HistogramTransformation (slight stretch) SCNR > invert > SCNR to remove green and magenta color fringing CurvesTransformations to adjust lightness, contrast, colors, saturation, etc. LocalHistogramTransformation dynamic crop Annotation
Thanks to my north facing balcony, I can only photograph the moon when it’s at high declinations. Fortunately it was at +27 dec the other day, and it was early enough for me to be awake to shoot it! Captured at 10pm on April 12th, 2024.
Places where I host my other images:
Flickr | Instagram
Equipment:
TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian
Orion Sirius EQ-G
ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm
Astronomik LRGB+CLS Filters- 31mm
Astrodon 31mm Ha 5nm, Oiii 3nm, Sii 5nm
Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope
ZWO ASI-120MC for guiding
Moonlite Autofocuser
Acquisition: (Camera at Unity Gain, -15°C)
R - 20000 x 5.4ms
G - 2000 x 4.3ms
B - 2000 x 6.0ms
Capture Software:
Stacking:
PixInsight Processing:
DynamicCrop
ChannelCombination to combine monochrome images into RGB image
ChannelMatch to align G and B color channels to red
ColorCalibration
HistogramTransformation (slight stretch)
SCNR > invert > SCNR to remove green and magenta color fringing
CurvesTransformations to adjust lightness, contrast, colors, saturation, etc.
LocalHistogramTransformation
dynamic crop
Annotation