The Moon - July 1, 2020
Date: July 01, 2020
Cosgrove’s Cosmos Catalog ➤#0037
The Moon as taken by my William Optics 132mm Platform (click to enlarge)
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About the Target
The Moon. Best seen at full size. I took this shot on the night of 7-1-20. I don't normally do Moon or planet imaging, but I was tweaking part of my rig and the Moon as there ... so why not. The Moon was in its Waxing Gibbous phase and had an illumination of 83%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. On July 1, the Moon is 10.81 days old.
About the Project
I shot a 200 frame high res video sequence using my ZWO ASI294MC-Pro camera and SharpCap Pro software.
When you watch the video, you can see the image of the Moon wavering around as the atmosphere was distorting it.
The video was analyzed, and the sharpest 66 frames were extracted and stacked using Autostakkert 3 software.
I then used Registax software to do Wavelet sharpening of the image. Finally, Photoshop was used to finish things up. It was interesting to try out a different form of capture and image processing.
Capture Details
Lights
200 frame high res video with Sharpcap Pro
Cal Frames
none
Capture Hardware
Scope: William Optics 132mm FLT F/7 APO
Guide Scope: Apterna 60mm
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290Mini
Camera Rotator: Pegasus Astro Falcon
Focus Motor: Pegasus Astro Focus Cube 2
Mount: Ioptron CEM60Polar Alignment: Ioptron Ipolar integrated alignment cameras
Software
Capture Software: Control: Sharpcap Pro
Image Processing: Autostakkert 3, Registax, Photoshop,
During the Summer of 2020, whilst stuck at home because of Covid I became very in improving the automation of the platform and achieving a more precise framing of the shots I made…